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The following consulting opportunity to assist the CITES Secretariat with the establishment and implementation of National Ivory Action Plans is now available. The Terms of Reference for the consultancy are...

On the International Day of Forests, CITES highlights the increasing use being made of the Convention to help countries along the path to sustainability in our forests. "We have seen...

I would like to express my sincere thanks for the invitation to join you today, which I think is a first for the CITES Secretariat. I would also like to recognize the CITES Scientific Authority of Mexico, which does an extraordinary job both nationally and through our various committee processes – and it will be hosting a joint meeting of the CITES Plants and Animals Committees in Veracruz next month.

Viet Nam’s Prime Minister, Mr Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, has issued a Directive to Ministries, sectors and local authorities to prioritise and strengthen responses to wildlife crime, including the trafficking of...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have joined forces to promote a...

Approximately 400 species of sharks are found in the world. Sharks were first included in Appendix II of CITES in February 2003, after the Conference of the Parties to CITES decided at its 12th meeting ...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE People around the world go wild for wildlife! First World Wildlife Day gets ‘thunderous’ support Geneva, 3 March...

CITES Secretary General at World Tourism Forum Think Tank Lucerne, March 2 2014 On the eve of World Wildlife Day, the Secretary General of CITES, John E Scanlon has, by...