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CITES Secretary-General's statement at 2nd BioTrade conference on standing at the intersection of trade, the environment and development, Geneva, Switzerland
2nd BioTrade Congress Opening Session - Future perspectives for the post 2015 development 11-13 December 2013, Geneva, Switzerland Key note address John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, CITES Mr.Mukhisa Kituyi - Secretary-General...
Latin American and Caribbean Nations Work Together to Promote Sustainable Global Trade of Sharks
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 5 December 2013 - More than 70 participants representing 28 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Recife, Brazil, from 2 to 4 December to...
Latin American and Caribbean Nations Work Together to Promote Sustainable Global Trade of Sharks
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Latin American and Caribbean Nations Work Together to Promote Sustainable Global Trade of Sharks Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil...
CITES and Polar Bears
International Forum on Conservation of Polar Bears and Jubilee Meeting of the Parties to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears Keynote Address John E. Scanlon Moscow, Russian...
CITES and Polar Bears
International Forum on Conservation of Polar Bears and Jubilee Meeting of the Parties to the 1973 Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears Keynote Address John E. Scanlon Moscow, Russian...
New figures reveal poaching for the illegal ivory trade could wipe out a fifth of Africa’s Elephants over next decade
Gaborone, Botswana, 2 December 2013 — As delegates gather to discuss the plight of the African Elephant at a summit convened by the Government of Botswana and the International Union...
China increases prosecutions in response to illegal trade in elephant ivory
Geneva, 29 November 2013 - Eight Chinese citizens have recently been convicted and sentenced to 3 to 15 years imprisonment in east China's Anhui Province for smuggling a total of...
CITES and business experts break new ground to trace wildlife trade
European entrepreneurs develop mobile app connecting consumers to nature. Python hunters, tanneries, luxury brands, regulators and customers will be able to share value and data. (first released by UNEP on...
CITES praises new ‘Python Conservation Partnership’
Geneva, 27 November 2013 – The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), praised today Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the International...
CITES Secretary General's statement to the Forty-ninth session of the International Tropical Timber Council, Libreville, Gabon
Libreville, Gabon, 25 November, 2013 Keynote address by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary General ITTO and CITES – Implementing CITES Listings of Tropical Timber Species Chair and Vice Chair of...