The countdown to the world’s annual celebration of wildlife is on. The United Nations World Wildlife Day (WWD) is just over a month away and today saw the relaunch of...

The CITES Secretariat was saddened to learn of the death of former staff member Jean- Patrick Le Duc. Jean-Patrick Le Duc attended CoP4 (1983) to CoP6 (1987) representing various non-governmental...

Joint Statement from the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management for CBD CoP15 Made by CITES Secretary-General and CPW Chair, Ivonne Higuero Plenary: CBD/COP/15/L.5 on Sustainable Wildlife Management, 10 December...

Statement By the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention...

By CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero After a few days off to recover from the very busy t wo weeks in Panama and now moving on to the CBD Open Ended...

Representatives of more than 160 governments, Parties to the Convention on International trade in Endangered Species of Wild fauna and flora (CITES), today reaffirmed their commitment to address the biodiversity...

On 21 and 22 November 2022 more than 100 representatives from netw orks, law enforcement authorities, inter-governmental organizations and other relevant organizations came together at the 4th Global meeting of...

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends. It’s Friday, the 25th of November - the last day of CoP19. We made it! All of us have worked tirelessly and for a long...