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Ground-breaking report draws first overall picture of global wildlife trade
PRESS RELEASE Ground-breaking report draws first overall picture of global wildlife trade Pilot World Wildlife Trade Report officially launched today at World Wildlife Conference in Panama Panama City, 15 November...
CITES CoP 19 is underway!
Just a fter 9am this morning, the 19th Meeting of the conference of the Parties to CITES – CoP19 got underway. Over the next two weeks, it will make decisions...
Nearly there... CITES CoP19 just hours away
The final preparations are under way in Panama City for the 19 th World Wildlife Conference - CITES CoP 19. With just 36 hours to go before the meeting starts...
International Consortium hosts high profile events on Combating Wildlife Crime at CITES CoP19
Next week marks the beginning of the 19 th mee ting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and...
Wood you know the difference? CITES timber identification repository goes live!
Timber is one of the most traded commodities that CITES regulates. Thousands of shipments are on the move at any one time and if any of those shipments is of...
Final Recommendations on the 52 Proposals to CITES CoP19
It’s exactly one month until the opening of the 19 th World Wildlife Conference and the CITES Secretariat has published its final recommendations on the 52 proposals that will be...
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 threaten ed tree species and a recognition that...
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 19 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties. Over the...
CITES Secretariat publishes provisional assessment of 52 proposals to CoP19
CITES Secretariat has today published its provisiona l assessment of the 52 proposals that will be considered at CoP19 in November. This assessment – and the recommendations that will follow...
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...
