News CITES celebrates International Women's Day News Celebrating 50 years of CITES conserving the world’s wild animals and plants on World Wildlife Day 2023 News From decision-making to implementation: new CITES trade rules come into effect for 100s of species discussed at CITES CoP19 Spotlight on What is CITES? Trade suspensions CITES Virtual College CITES and Forests 2023 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase What is CITES? An international agreement between governments... Read more Trade suspensions Countries currently subject to a recommendation to suspend trade Read more CITES Virtual College Visit the site to find out more CITES and Forests Click here to visit the new CITES and Forests webpage 2023 World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Access the site here Notifications to the Parties Subscribe to Notification alerts Membership of Standing Committee intersessional working groups24 March 2023 Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes24 March 2023 Implementation of Resolution Conf. 12.8 (Rev. CoP18) on Review of Significant Trade in specimens of Appendix-II species: Recommendations of the Standing Committee23 March 2023 See more News World Wildlife Day 2023 website launched News CITES saddened by death of Jean-Patrick Le Duc News CITES SG addresses CBD CoP15 as Chair of partnership of 14 international organizations Upcoming events Twenty-sixth meeting of the Plants Committee, Geneva, Switzerland05 - 09 June 2023 Thirty-second meeting of the Animals Committee, Geneva, Switzerland19 - 23 June 2023 Seventy-seventh meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, Switzerland06 - 10 November 2023 Vacancy announcements There are no vacancy announcements active at this time. Stay connected CITES Twitter timeline Initiatives The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species Resources InforMEA E-learning CITES Virtual College CITES Checklist CITES Wildlife TradeView