News and highlights

World Wildlife Day Film Showcase to explore humanity’s essential relationship with forests
23 November 2020
Secretary-General I. Higuero's remarks at UNECE's 3rd Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue
23 November 2020
"Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet" announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2021
23 November 2020
The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime: Celebrating 10 years of supporting countries to combat wildlife crime
23 November 2020
Secretariat publishes updates about ongoing CITES compliance processes
20 November 2020
CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero's opening remarks for the launch of the Revised Principles and Criteria of the BioTrade Initiative
17 November 2020
CITES MIKE Programme reports continued downward trends in elephant poaching in parts of Africa
16 November 2020
FAO publishes new sourcebook to facilitate the implementation of CITES for marine species and fisheries
11 November 2020
Wildlife and forestry crime: Worldwide seizures in global WCO-INTERPOL operation (external link)
09 November 2020
IPBES publishes workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics
30 October 2020
New ICCWC page: learn more about the services, tools and support available through ICCWC and impacts and successes of its work in the fight against wildlife crime
30 October 2020
CITES Secretariat welcomes UNTOC resolution on combatting crimes that affect the environment
28 October 2020
CITES Secretariat joins CPF’s global call for forest solutions to be placed at the heart of COVID-19 recovery strategies
23 October 2020
CITES Secretariat welcomes CPW statement urging a science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19
16 October 2020
CITES and WAZA: the role of zoos and aquariums in keeping wildlife trade legal and sustainable, a keynote presentation by CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero
15 October 2020
TRAFFIC launches Elephant Trade Information System Online
15 October 2020
The CITES Secretariat is pleased to launch a new feature on the CITES website: The Country Profiles, compiling in one place all information on implementation and compliance pertaining to each Party.
08 October 2020
The latest version of the full CITES Trade Database download (version 2020.1) is now available online and can be accessed on the CITES Trade Database homepage
07 September 2020
CoP18 listing of valuable Teatfish and Cedrela species in CITES Appendix II enters into force
28 August 2020
Online meeting on CITES national legislation for selected CITES Parties in West Asia, organized by United Nations Environment Programme and the CITES Secretariat
27 August 2020