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Vacancy announcement- Associate Programme Management Officer
The following post in the CITES Secretariat has been published: Associate Programme Management Officer (Scientific Services Team) - P2 Job opening number: 20-Programme Management-UNEP-128027-R-Geneva (X) Applications must be submitted online...
In support of World Wildlife Day 2020: IFAW joins CITES and UNDP to sponsor Global Youth Art Contest
JOINT PRESS RELEASE In support of World Wildlife Day 2020: IFAW joins CITES and UNDP to sponsor Global Youth Art Contest Geneva, New York, Washington, DC, 6 January 2020 –...
CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero met key ministries in China to discuss CITES compliance and enforcement
China in the process of raising protection level of pangolins in its domestic law From 22 to 29 November, CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero paid her first official visit to China...
3rd Global meeting of Wildlife Enforcement Networks
3rd Global meeting of Wildlife Enforcement Networks The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), in cooperation with its partners from...
Wildlife films to animate the “biodiversity super year”
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Wildlife films to animate the “biodiversity super year” World Wildlife Day 2020 Film Showcase announced Geneva/Jackson Hole/Montreal/Nairobi/New...
New CITES Appendices as amended at CoP18 and new suites of Resolutions and Decisions enter into force
Geneva, 26 November 2019 – In accordance with Article XV of the Convention and Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev. CoP18) respectively, the amendments to the CITES Appendices as adopted at CoP18...
Opening remarks of CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuer at the Debriefing of Operation Thunderball
Debriefing of Thunderball and Operation Demeter V Opening remarks of CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero 26 November 2019, Shenzhen, China Your Excellency Mr Ni Yuefeng, Minister for China Customs Your Excellency...
“Sustaining all life on Earth” announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2020
PRESS RELEASE “Sustaining all life on Earth” announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2020 Next UN World Wildlife Day 2020 will embrace the “biodiversity super year” Geneva, 19 November...
New study finds illegal trade in marine turtles persisting in Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE New study finds illegal trade in marine turtles persisting in Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam Geneva/Petaling Jaya...
Message from CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero for the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards
Under the theme Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime 13 November 2019, Bangkok, Thailand Madame Ambassador Rødsmoen Distinguished Award Winners Ladies and Gentlemen May I begin by warmly thanking the organizers for...