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Secretary-General's Opening Statement to the 74th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
Secretary-General's Opening Statement to the 74th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee Mr Jean Patrick Le Duc, chief of delegation of France and Chair of the European Council, Mr Pierre...
SC74 gets going in Lyon
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World Wildlife Day International Youth Art Contest Announces Yanjun Mao of China as 2022 Winner
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/New York/Washington DC, 3 March 2022 - With a piece entitled “Return Home”, 13-year old Yanjun Mao from China has been selected from over 1,500 entries received...
World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Announces Winners for 2022
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/Jackson Hole, WY /New York, 3 March 2022. - Jackson Wild™ has announced the 2022 winners for the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase, which features films that...
UN issues 12 stamps illustrating endangered species in Central & South America and the Caribbean
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/New York/Vienna, 3 March 2022 – Twelve new, colorful and original stamps are being launched today as...
World Wildlife Day celebrated across the globe on 3 March
PRESS RELEASE The fate of animal and plant species and the ecosystems that depend on them is at the heart of this year’s UN World Wildlife Day. The theme of...
CITES Parties and observers meeting in Lyon ahead of the next World Wildlife Conference
Geneva, 1 March 2022: One of the year’s most important meetings for the future of wildlife conservation is to take place in Lyon, France from 7 to 11 March. The...
CITES Secretary-General's keynote address at the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Expert Discussions on Crimes that Affect the Environment - Vienna, Austria Keynote address by Ivonne Higuero, Secretary-General of CITES 14 February 2022...
CITES Task Force meet to strengthen responses to illegal trade in specimens of CITES- listed tree species
Geneva, 11 February 2022. On 1 - 4, 7 and 11 February 2022, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)...
Protect and verify: legally trading CITES-listed trees species
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wilde Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a key international conservation instrument for ensuring forest products trade does not threaten the survival...