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Email invitations purporting to come from the CITES Secretariat
Geneva, 17 May 2022 - The CITES Secretariat has been made aware that fake email invitations to accept an award letter have recently been sent using the name of the...
Secretary-General's message on International Biodiversity Day 2022
We have a fight on our hands. We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and science has told us there will be consequences. Nature is our frontline defense against...
Happy Earth Day - Happy Mother Earth Day
Mother Earth Day message - April 2022 From CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero Happy Mother Earth Day to you. For many thousands of years, there have been peoples and cultures that...
Viet Nam considers conservation plan for two of its most valuable tree species
Vietnamese Authorities are considering a management and conservation plan for two of their most valuable native tree species. The plans, which have been proposed by the Center for Nature Conservation...
Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development 2022 - Geneva, Switzerland
On the occasion of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Region – Coordinated by UNECE and The International Telecommunication Union CITES Secretary-General...
Trade ban proposed to conserve one of Africa's most exploited tree species
One of west Africa’s most exploited tree species could be given additional emergency protection to reduce the threat of extinction. Pterocarpus erinaceus , also known as kosso or barwood, is...
CITES celebrates International Forests Day
Today we celebrate International Forests Day and at the same time recognize how essential forests are for planetary health and human well-being. Our forests filter our water, clean our air...
SC74 in Lyon – The Delegates’ Verdict
SC74 in Lyon – The Delegates’ Verdict Shereefa AL SALEM, Rhedyn OLLERENSHAW, Flore KOUMBA PAMBO How did the meeting go? Flore KOUMBA PAMBO (FKP) – Delegate from Gabon: It was...
Secretary-General's message to the World Organisation for Animal Health, May 2022
Ivonne Higuero, CITES Secretary-General 89th General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health 23 May 2022 >>Slide 1 OIE President, Dr Hugo Federico Idoyaga Benítez; Director General, Dr Monique...
Viet Nam stops harvesting and exports of two species of endangered rosewood
Viet Nam is to stop all harvesting and exports of two species of endangered rosewood tree. The two tree species ( Dalbergia cochinchinensis and Dalbergia oliveri) are both listed on...
