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Experts to tackle threats to medicinal and other high-value plants
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Experts to tackle threats to medicinal and other high-value plants Leiden, The Netherlands, 13 May 2002 - Concerned...
Governments to consider trade restrictions on Caspian Sea caviar
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Governments to consider trade restrictions on Caspian Sea caviar Paris, 18 June 2001 - Over 100 officials representing...
Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Participants to the 2nd...
Statement - Trade in live dolphins
For use of the media only; not an official document. Geneva, 5 March 2004 STATEMENT Trade in live dolphins The Secretariat has been made aware of serious concerns regarding a...
Ivory auctions raise 15 million USD for elephant conservation
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Ivory auctions raise 15 million USD for elephant conservation Geneva, 7 November 2008 – Over 15 million USD...
Identifying the problem: A new guide to help law enforcers check trade in traditional Asian medicines
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Identifying the problem: A new guide to help law enforcers check trade in traditional Asian medicines Santiago de...
Heads of global consortium to fight wildlife crime meet to discuss future strategies to combat transnational organized wildlife and forest crime
For use of the media only; not an official document. Bangkok, 5 March 2013 – The executive heads of a consortium established to combat wildlife crime met alongside the triennial...
Five Caribbean countries renew commitment to enacting effective CITES legislation
Following a request from several Caribbean countries at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP16, Bangkok, 2013), the Secretariat undertook a series of back-to-back legislative...
Experts report highest elephant poaching and ivory smuggling rates in a decade
For use of the media only; not an official document. Geneva, 21 June 2012 – Elephant poaching levels are the worst in a decade and recorded ivory seizures are at...
La CITES étend les contrôles du commerce à 111 essences de feuillus précieuses de Madagascar et de Panama
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Genève, 28 septembre 2011 – Le Gouvernement de Madagascar et le Gouvernement de Panama ont demandé au Secrétariat de la Convention sur le...