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Secretary-General's speech to WTO’s 3rd Trade and Environment Week
High-Level Panel on Multilateral Trade and Environment Cooperation: Answering Crisis and Furthering Resilience Remarks of CITES Secretary-General, Ms Ivonne Higuero Geneva, 17 October 2022 It is my pleasure to be...
Final Recommendations on the 52 Proposals to CITES CoP19
It’s exactly one month until the opening of the 19th World Wildlife Conference and the CITES Secretariat has published its final recommendations on the 52 proposals that will be presented...
A Celebration of the CITES Tree Species Project
As the CITES Tree Species Programme draws to a close, there is hope for a better future for some of the world’s threatened tree species and a recognition that local...
Oceania and Central South America & the Caribbean gear up for CoP19
With a month to the World Wildlife Conference, the Parties to CITES are fine-tuning their priorities ahead of the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Over the past...
CITES Secretariat publishes provisional assessment of 52 proposals to CoP19
CITES Secretariat has today published its provisional assessment of the 52 proposals that will be considered at CoP19 in November. This assessment – and the recommendations that will follow later...
Southern Africa reaffirms commitment to combatting elephant poaching
Seven of the southern African elephant range States have strongly reaffirmed their commitment to combatting elephant poaching ahead of this year’s World Wildlife Conference or CITES CoP19. Representatives from the...
What’s coming to the World Wildlife Conference – A guide to the species proposals
This is a CoP year! The ultimate decision-making body of CITES is meeting in November, in Panama to take decisions that will influence and shape global conservation. The 19th Meeting...
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge It is estimated that about 6% of the people of the world are indigenous. That’s around 400...
On course to Master CITES
40 students from 32 countries are into the final phase of the world’s most specialized university course in international wildlife trade. The students are all part of a Master’s course...
CITES SG commends IPBES on behalf of 5 MEAs
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Plenary, 3 July 2022, Bonn Biodiversity related MEAs statement - Ivonne Higuero, Secretary-General of CITES I am speaking on behalf of the...
