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      • What is CITES?
      • How CITES works?
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      • How is CITES financed?
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      • Trade database & dashboard

      Parties

      • List of Parties to the Convention
      • National CITES Authorities

      Convention Bodies

      • Conference of the Parties
      • Standing Committee
      • Animals Committee
      • Plants Committee
      • Organigramme

      • Partnerships and cooperation
      • Sponsored Delegates Project
      • Certificate of Merit
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      Secretariat

      • Overview
      • Secretary-General
      • Staff list & Organigramme
      • Internship

      CITES is an international agreement between governments, aimed to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.

  • Documents

      • Convention text
      • Appendices
      • Resolutions
      • Decisions
      • Reservations
      • Notifications
      • Trade suspensions
      • Strategic vision
      • Publications
      • CITES Virtual College

      Conference of the Parties

      • Overview
      • Meeting Documents
      • Rules of Procedure

      Standing Committee

      • Overview
      • Meeting Documents
      • Committee Members
      • Rules of procedure

      Animals Committee

      • Overview
      • Meeting Documents
      • Committee Members
      • Rules of procedure

      Plants Committee

      • Overview
      • Meeting Documents
      • Committee Members
      • Rules of procedure

  • Implementation

    • Essential information for applying, implementing and enforcing the Convention


      • National legislation
      • CITES 'Non-detriment findings'
      • Compliance
      • Export quotas
      • Introduction from the sea
      • Guidelines for transport
      • Disposal of confiscated specimen
      • Online forum (e-forum)

      Review of Significant Trade

      • Introduction
      • RST Management System

      Reporting requirements

      • Annual report
      • Annual Illegal trade report
      • Implementation report
      • Ad hoc reports

      Enforcement

      • Introduction
      • Directory of national focal points
      • Combating wildlife cybercrime
      • Wildlife forensics

      CITES-listed species

      • Identification manual
      • Checklist of CITES species
      • Species+

      Registers

      • Introduction
      • Captive-breeding operations
      • Nurseries
      • Scientific Institutions
      • Caviar exporters

      • CITES Trade database
      • CITES trade data dashboards
  • Topics

    • Current activities on selected species and other key topics

      Flora

      • Trees
      • Medicinal plants
      • Ornamental plants
      • Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC)

      Fauna (terrestrial)

      • Great apes
      • Cheetahs
      • African lion
      • Snakes
      • Elephants
      •   CITES National Ivory Action Plans

      Fauna (marine species)

      • Sharks and manta rays
      • Queen conch
      • Introduction from the sea

      Cross-cutting issues

      • Capacity building
      • Captive-produced animals and artificially propagated plants
      • Livelihoods
      • Electronic permitting
      • National legislation
      • Non-detriment findings
      • Periodic review
      • Review of significant trade
      • Traceability

      Projects & initiatives

      • International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC)
      • Supporting sustainable management of endangered tree species and conservation of the African Elephant
      • MIKES project

      Archived topics

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  • News

      • Press releases
      • Other news items
      • Newsletter (Archive)

      CITES in the news

      • Bent Hanoi customs officer caught stealing...
      • Leading elephant conservationist shot dead...
      • 20 Rotting Snake Heads Confiscated By German...
      • Sale of ivory products in China decline...
      • Online retailers in Japan not doing enough...
      See more…

      • Secretary-General's statements


      • CITES calendar

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Insects

  • Apollo butterfly
  • Queen Victoria's birdwing

Gastropoda

  • Queen conch

Corals

  • Blue coral
  • Brown stem coral
  • Cactus coral
  • Cauliflower coral
  • Mushroom coral
  • Organ pipe coral

Arachnids

  • Emperor scorpion
  • Curly hair tarantula
  • Orange knee tarantula
  • Red kneed tarantula
  • Mexican fireleg

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