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Summary for Day 2: Saturday, 21 July 2018 - Twenty-fourth meeting of the Plants Committee
On Saturday July 21, participants met in the early afternoon session to address the remaining agenda items and to go through working groups reports. Agenda items discussed were: CITES Strategic...
Summary for Day 1: Friday, 20 July 2018 - Twenty-fourth meeting of the Plants Committee
On Friday 20 July, David Morgan, Officer-in-Charge of the CITES Secretariat, welcomed all participants to the opening of the 24th meeting of the CITES Plants Committee (PC24). He highlighted the...
Summary for Day 4: Thursday, 19 July 2018 - Thirtieth meeting of the Animals Committee
The 30th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee Meeting began its fourth day on 19 July 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The day was dedicated to the presentation of working group...
Summary for Day 3: Tuesday, 18 July 2018 - Thirtieth meeting of the Animals Committee
Wednesday 18 July, the third day of the 30th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee Meeting, was mostly dedicated to meetings of working groups. They took up their respective mandates...
Summary for Day 2: Tuesday, 17 July 2018 - Thirtieth meeting of the Animals Committee
The 30th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee Meeting met in parallel working groups throughout the day on Tuesday 17 July. Members of the Committee and other participants were divided...
Summary for Day 1: Monday, 16 July 2018 - Thirtieth meeting of the Animals Committee
The 30th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee Meeting opened on 16 July in Geneva, Switzerland. David Morgan, Officer-in-Charge of the CITES Secretariat, welcomed members of the Animals Committee and...
Global experts meet to review international trade in wildlife before the next major CITES conference
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Global experts meet to review international trade in wildlife before the next major CITES conference Geneva, 16 July...
CITES contributes to the largest gathering of InforMEA
Over 20 global and regional Conventions, five UN agencies, two observers as well as an array of partners, gathered in Montreux on 5-8 June 2018 with the aim of improving...
CITES holds first workshop on the legal acquisition of wildlife
Geneva, 20 June 2018 – Over 80 participants representing 31 Parties, 6 Intergovernmental Organizations and more than 10 non-governmental organizations and academic institutions from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the...
Month-long transcontinental operation hit wildlife criminals hard
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Month-long transcontinental operation hit wildlife criminals hard The largest ever global operation results in 1,974 seizures and the...