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CITES SG addresses CBD CoP15 as Chair of partnership of 14 international organizations
Joint Statement from the Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management for CBD CoP15 Made by CITES Secretary-General and CPW Chair, Ivonne Higuero Plenary: CBD/COP/15/L.5 on Sustainable Wildlife Management, 10 December...
SG's statement on Cooperation at CBD CoP15
Statement By the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention...
SG's Reflection on CITES COP19 outcomes
By CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero After a few days off to recover from the very busy two weeks in Panama and now moving on to the CBD Open Ended Working...
How digitalization will curb illicit trade in endangered species
Why more countries should adopt digitalization to curb illicit trade in endangered species As the final week of the World Wildlife Conference, in Panama, gets under way, CITES Secretary-General Ivonne...
Secretary-General speech at Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards
Species Survival Network - CoP19 Side event Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards Wednesday 15 November 2022 – 17h15 (Canal 2 – Committee I) Ivonne HIGUERO CITES Secretary-General Distinguished...
El discurso de la Secretaria general en la apertura de CITES CoP19
Excelencias, distinguidos delegados, señoras y señores. Bienvenidos a Panamá…bienvenidos a mi hogar, bienvenidos a la CoP de las Américas! Han pasado 20 años desde la última CoP de la CITES...
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero message for Ramsar CoP14
CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero's message to the Ramsar Wetlands Convention's CoP14 More than a third of the world’s wetlands have been lost since 1970 and the rate has been accelerating...
Secretary-General's speech to WTO’s 3rd Trade and Environment Week
High-Level Panel on Multilateral Trade and Environment Cooperation: Answering Crisis and Furthering Resilience Remarks of CITES Secretary-General, Ms Ivonne Higuero Geneva, 17 October 2022 It is my pleasure to be...
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...
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...
