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For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Key wildlife species in trade come under the spotlight CITES gathers over 200 wildlife experts in Israel to...

28 th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee 30 August – 3 September 2015 Tel Aviv, Israel Welcoming remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary General Minister of the Environment...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES and IUCN bolster collaboration in tackling poaching and illegal wildlife trade Geneva, 28 August 2015 - The...

John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General (Statement read by Ms. Margaret Akullo, UNODC Officer-in-Charge for Southeast Asia and the Pacific) DNP Headquarters 26 August 2015 Hon. Prime Minister, H.E. Gen. Prayut...

Speech by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 7 August 2015 Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Government of Chile for inviting...

HARARE, Zimbabwe – Sharing investigative information on elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking was the focus of a Regional Investigative and Analytical Case Meeting for southern Africa. The four-day (20 – 23 July) meeting, held at INTERPOL’s Regional Bureau in Harare and supported by INTERPOL’s environmental security unit enabled 25 officials from Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe to directly discuss several ongoing transnational cases.

World Ranger Day honours park rangers across the world who have been injured or lost their lives in the line of duty, and also celebrates the role rangers play in...