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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...
Towards sustainability for one of the world’s most valuable essential oils
A meeting of experts in Malaysia has been looking at ways to make the trade in one of the world’s most precious essential oils more sustainable. Agarwood and the essential...
World Wildlife Conference to rule on stricter trade regulations for 600 CITES species
This year’s World Wildlife Conference is being asked to consider stricter trade regulations for nearly six hundred species of animals and plants believed to be under increased threat of extinction...
CITES’ Virtual College reopens
The CITES Virtual College has been updated and relaunched. This web-based library and learning resource (https://cites.org/eng/virtual-college) offers the opportunity to get easy access to a wealth of information and to...
CITES Represents 8 Biodiversity Conventions in calling for national alignment with international goals
Statement By the Liaison Group of Biodiversity-related Conventions (BLG) Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (WG2020-4) on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework Nairobi, 21 – 26 June 2022 Thank...
1+1+1+1= more than 4
The recently concluded Stockholm+50 Conference marked not only 50 years since the crucial conference on the Human Environment but also the origins, fifty years ago of four Conventions that have...
