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La CITES envisage de nouvelles règles pour le commerce des espèces marines, des bois et autres espèces sauvages
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE La CITES envisage de nouvelles règles pour le commerce des espèces marines, des bois et autres espèces sauvages Genève, mai...
Time runs out for illegal caviar trade
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Time runs out for illegal caviar trade Bangkok, 13 October 2004 - Delegates at the 13th meeting of...
Experts to tackle threats to medicinal and other high-value plants
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Experts to tackle threats to medicinal and other high-value plants Leiden, The Netherlands, 13 May 2002 - Concerned...
Governments to consider trade restrictions on Caspian Sea caviar
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Governments to consider trade restrictions on Caspian Sea caviar Paris, 18 June 2001 - Over 100 officials representing...
Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Launch of InforMEA – the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) Participants to the 2nd...
Five Caribbean countries renew commitment to enacting effective CITES legislation
Following a request from several Caribbean countries at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP16, Bangkok, 2013), the Secretariat undertook a series of back-to-back legislative...
Experts report highest elephant poaching and ivory smuggling rates in a decade
For use of the media only; not an official document. Geneva, 21 June 2012 – Elephant poaching levels are the worst in a decade and recorded ivory seizures are at...
CITES Secretary-General highlights Japan’s contribution to CITES implementation
CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon visited Tokyo and Yokohama from 20 to 22 August 2013,, to promote increased support to implementing new CITES listings. His visit followed similar missions to...
Amazon region countries move forward in the use of new technologies to ensure legal trade in wildlife
Member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization met in Quito, Ecuador from 22 to 23 August 2013 to take stock of progress made in the implementation of a project...
CITES pays tribute to Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin
Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin (photo: IUCN ELP) With great sadness the Secretariat must report the untimely death of Dr Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, one of the main architects of CITES. After graduating as a...