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Forensics to support the fight against wildlife crime
Pretoria/Geneva, 6 November 2013 - The first international rhinoceros DNA sampling training workshop was held in South Africa on 5 and 6 November 2013. The purpose of the workshop was...
ICCWC delivers specialized training for wildlife law enforcement officers. Increased collaboration between African and Asian countries encouraged.
The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime ( ICCWC ) delivered a two-day cutting-edge training workshop to wildlife law enforcement officials from 21 countries in Nairobi, Kenya, from 30 to...
UNCTAD and CITES hold meeting on traceability system for international trade in python skins from South-East Asia
The Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Mr. John Scanlon, and high-level officials of UNCTAD, have met with key players...
World Economic Forum, CITES, highlight using cutting edge technologies in better regulating wildlife trade
Creating an innovative funding mechanism to foster the development of cutting edge technologies to help CITES ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival...
Source, transit and destination countries meet to develop concrete strategies and actions to combat the poaching of rhinoceros and the illegal trade in rhinoceros horn
Nairobi/Geneva, 31 October 2013 – The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) hosted a CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force meeting...
New Checklist of CITES species now available online
Keeping track of the 35,000+ species listed under CITES has now been made easier through the development of an online database-driven Checklist of CITES species This state-of-the-art electronic resource provides...
Global Snow Leopard Conservation Forum
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic October, 2013 Statement of John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES President Atambayev, President of the Kyrgyz Republic. Vice Prime Minister, Sarpashev, Chair of the Forum Organizing Committee. Distinguished...
MEAs different approaches in support of implementation of the overall Strategic Plan for Biodiversity
( SBSTTA-17 side-event N° 2979 ) Statement by CITES Secretary-General, John E. Scanlon 16 October 2013 At CBD CoP10 , the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
UN Security Council condemns devastation of natural heritage and notes that poaching and trafficking of wildlife are a factor that fuels the crisis in the Central African Republic
Geneva, 11 October 2013 – The United Nations Security Council has condemned the devastation of natural heritage in the Central African Republic and noted that poaching and trafficking of wildlife...
The 179th Party: Angola
The CITES Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Republic of Angola as the 179th Party to CITES. Angola is situated in Southern Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the...