Press releases

CITES setting the agenda for global conservation and trade regulation in over 34,000 plant species
31 May 2023
Combating the illegal trade in big cats – 28 countries come together as part of CITES Big Cats Task Force
04 May 2023
Celebrating 50 years of CITES conserving the world’s wild animals and plants on World Wildlife Day 2023 
03 March 2023
From decision-making to implementation: new CITES trade rules come into effect for 100s of species discussed at CITES CoP19
23 February 2023
Record number of species to be regulated by CITES after CoP19
26 November 2022
Wildlife Enforcement Networks from around the world strengthen responses to combat wildlife crime
26 November 2022
Introducing the CITES RST Tracking and Management System
24 November 2022
US Biodiversity Envoy in Panama to support ICCWC and the fight against IWT
21 November 2022
Towards a World Free of Wildlife Crime - ICCWC launches Vision 2030
20 November 2022
Ground-breaking report draws first overall picture of global wildlife trade
15 November 2022
​​​​​​​World Wildlife Conference opens in Panama
13 November 2022
International Consortium hosts high profile events on Combating Wildlife Crime at CITES CoP19
11 November 2022
Wood you know the difference? CITES timber identification repository goes live!
09 November 2022
Final Recommendations on the 52 Proposals to CITES CoP19
14 October 2022
A Celebration of the CITES Tree Species Project
14 October 2022
Oceania and Central South America & the Caribbean gear up for CoP19
14 October 2022
CITES Secretariat publishes provisional assessment of 52 proposals to CoP19
09 September 2022
Southern Africa reaffirms commitment to combatting elephant poaching
02 September 2022
World Wildlife Conference to rule on stricter trade regulations for 600 CITES species
24 June 2022
SC74 meeting in Lyon ends after 5 packed days
14 March 2022