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Sexing
Male (left) and female (right) live elephants. From Kangwana (1996) “Studying Elephants”. The sex of a dead elephant can be determined by examining the animal’s body, skull and/or tusks. Telling...
Carcass class
Carcasses are categorised for MIKE by four broad classes. Correctly determining the actual time of death (i.e. three days, six weeks, etc) of a carcass is extremely difficult, as many...
Investigation process
This is an introduction to the process of investigation – the minimum steps one can follow to examine cause of death, age and sex, and other information. Many, if not...
Elephant carcass investigation guidelines
Welcome to the CITES MIKE carcass forensic materials section. Here we present resources for the forensic investigation of elephant carcasses by patrol staff who are gathering data on elephant mortality...
The 181st Party: the European Union
The CITES Secretariat is pleased to welcome the European Union as the 181st Party to CITES. The European Union is a regional economic integration organization (REIO) with 28 Member States...
CITES Secretary-General's opening remarks at the ICCWC high-level side event at the 13th UN Crime Congress - Doha, Qatar
Wildlife and Forest Crime: A Serious Crime A High-level Side Event at the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Opening remarks by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES...
Calls for wildlife and forest crime to be treated as serious crime
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Calls for wildlife and forest crime to be treated as serious crime ICCWC high-level event at the...
ASEAN member States discuss enhancing regional cooperation to combat poaching and illegal trade in wildlife
Malaysia and the United States of America co-hosted an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on Combating Wildlife Trafficking in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, from 30 March to 1...
Elephant poaching rates virtually unchanged in 2014
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Elephant poaching rates virtually unchanged in 2014 CITES MIKE programme says that elephant populations continue to decline owing...
CITES commends leading Chinese courier companies' zero tolerance towards illegal wildlife trade
World Wildlife Day 2015, the day when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed, was celebrated in China with further concrete...