Press releases

15 Mar 2024 : United Nations Marks World Wildlife Day with a Call to Bridge Conservation Technology Gaps
07 Mar 2024 : Reducing the risk of zoonotic disease emergence associated with international wildlife trade: CITES and WOAH enter new agreement
08 Dec 2023 : Exotic pets, frog legs and scientific specimens: CITES online workshop discusses conservation of amphibians in trade
21 Nov 2023 : Compliance with wildlife trade rules dominates first CITES Standing Committee meeting following CoP19
09 Nov 2023 : CITES Secretary-General's Certificate of Commendation awarded to Europol for successful law enforcement operation to address illegal trade in European eel
26 Oct 2023 : Compliance with international wildlife commitments and urgent wildlife conservation matters to be tackled at CITES annual meeting
24 Oct 2023 : Sustainable Wildlife Management is essential to achieve key targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
03 Oct 2023 : CITES Trade Database surpasses 25 million trade transaction records
25 Sep 2023 : Solomon Islands renews commitment to CITES following joint mission
22 Jun 2023 : From rosewood trees to edible orchids: CITES Plants Committee sets the tone for the next two years of sustainable and legal trade in plant and other forest species
20 Jun 2023 : The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime launches Biannual Report 2021 - 2022
15 Jun 2023 : Review of international trade in wild and captive-bred animals, future zoonotic disease emergence among discussion topics for upcoming CITES meeting
31 May 2023 : CITES setting the agenda for global conservation and trade regulation in over 34,000 plant species
04 May 2023 : Combating the illegal trade in big cats – 28 countries come together as part of CITES Big Cats Task Force
03 Mar 2023 : Celebrating 50 years of CITES conserving the world’s wild animals and plants on World Wildlife Day 2023
23 Feb 2023 : From decision-making to implementation: new CITES trade rules come into effect for 100s of species discussed at CITES CoP19
26 Nov 2022 : Record number of species to be regulated by CITES after CoP19
26 Nov 2022 : Wildlife Enforcement Networks from around the world strengthen responses to combat wildlife crime
24 Nov 2022 : Introducing the CITES RST Tracking and Management System
21 Nov 2022 : US Biodiversity Envoy in Panama to support ICCWC and the fight against IWT