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CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero's opening remarks for the launch of the Revised Principles and Criteria of the BioTrade Initiative
BioTrade Revised Principles and Criteria launch 16 November 2020 14.30h CET CITES Secretary-General Opening Remarks Excellencies, distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful for your invitation to speak...
CITES MIKE Programme reports continued downward trends in elephant poaching in parts of Africa
Geneva, Nairobi, November 16 – The CITES programme for Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants ( MIKE ) has published its annual report analyzing the continental and sub-regional trends in...
FAO publishes new sourcebook to facilitate the implementation of CITES for marine species and fisheries
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...
IPBES publishes workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has unveiled a workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics that documents the link between the factors that are driving biodiversity loss...
CITES Secretariat welcomes UNTOC resolution on combatting crimes that affect the environment
States gathered at the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), on 16 October, passed a Resolution on Preventing...
CITES Secretariat joins CPF’s global call for forest solutions to be placed at the heart of COVID-19 recovery strategies
The CITES Secretariat and the fourteen members of the Cooperative Partnership on Forests (CPF) have issued a joint statement calling for the integration of sustainable forest management in all efforts...
CITES Secretariat welcomes CPW statement urging a science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES Secretariat welcomes CPW statement urging a science-based approach to wildlife management in the context of COVID-19 The...
CITES and WAZA: the role of zoos and aquariums in keeping wildlife trade legal and sustainable, a keynote presentation by CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero
CITES and WAZA: the role of zoos and aquariums in keeping wildlife trade legal and sustainable, a keynote presentation by CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero For the virtual annual conference of...
