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CITES CoP19 – End of week 1
4.20pm on November 17 may turn out to be an important time for more than 50 species of requiem sharks. Half an hour later may be equally so for Hammerhead...
Secretary-General speech at Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards
Species Survival Network - CoP19 Side event Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards Wednesday 15 November 2022 – 17h15 (Canal 2 – Committee I) Ivonne HIGUERO CITES Secretary-General Distinguished...
Ground-breaking report draws first overall picture of global wildlife trade
PRESS RELEASE Ground-breaking report draws first overall picture of global wildlife trade Pilot World Wildlife Trade Report officially launched today at World Wildlife Conference in Panama Panama City, 15 November...
Secretary-General's opening speech to CoP19
Excellencies, distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to Panama... welcome to my home, welcome to the CoP of the Americas! It has been 20 years since the last CITES CoP...
CITES CoP 19 is underway!
Just after 9am this morning, the 19th Meeting of the conference of the Parties to CITES – CoP19 got underway. Over the next two weeks, it will make decisions that...
World Wildlife Conference opens in Panama
World Wildlife Conference opens in Panama Dateline: Panama City, Panama, November 13 Representatives of more than 160 governments will begin meeting tomorrow, in Panama, to make decisions which will affect...
Nearly there... CITES CoP19 just hours away
The final preparations are under way in Panama City for the 19th World Wildlife Conference - CITES CoP 19. With just 36 hours to go before the meeting starts, the...
International Consortium hosts high profile events on Combating Wildlife Crime at CITES CoP19
Next week marks the beginning of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CoP19)...
Wood you know the difference? CITES timber identification repository goes live!
Timber is one of the most traded commodities that CITES regulates. Thousands of shipments are on the move at any one time and if any of those shipments is of...
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero message for Ramsar CoP14
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero's message to the Ramsar Wetlands Convention's CoP14 More than a third of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1970 and the rate has been accelerating...
