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 the International Tropical Timber Council
Senator Jorge Viana
Executive Director of the International Tropical Timber Organisation
Distinguished guests, friends and colleagues.
Thank you for the kind invitation to join you today and please allow me to acknowledge and to thank the Government of Gabon for hosting this 49th session of the International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC).
Secretary-General's statements
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
October, 2013
Statement of John E.
(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 Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) spoke for four biodiversity-related conventions in expressing support for the adoption of an inclusive Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and set of Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
HE Dr Zulkifli Hasan
Minister of Forestry
Ministry of Forestry
Gedung Manggala Wanabakti
Blok I Lt. 8, Jalan Gatot Subroto
Jakarta 10270
Indonesia.
Your excellency,
Thank you very much for the kind invitation to attend the First Asian Rhino Range States Meeting. Unfortunately, my travel plans do not allow me to join you in person but I would like to extend a warm welcome to the participants and to congratulate the Government of Indonesia for its leadership and for driving this important initiative.
A rhinoceros killed by poachers in India. (AFP pic)
As you know, there are five species of rhinoceroses, all included in the CITES Appendices.
By invitation, CITES Secretary-General, John E. Scanlon, made a keynote address to the Opening Session of the 19th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC) held in Windhoek, Namibia on 30 September 2013.
The meeting was also addressed by the Hon. John Mutorwa, Namibian Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Dr. Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of UNCCD, Mr. Eduardo Rojas-Briales, Assistant Director-General and Head of the Forestry Department, FAO, and senior officials from AFWC.
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC and
John E.
Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of UNODC and
John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General
MEASURES: Countries must make wildlife crime a serious crime in their own legislation
Organized criminal networks are trafficking in endangered species, driving them to the brink of extinction.
UN General Assembly side event
hosted by Germany and Gabon, New York, 26 September 2013
Opening Remarks by Session Moderator CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon
Excellencies, distinguished guests, colleagues
On behalf of the two co-chairs, Germany and Gabon, I would like to warmly welcome you to this afternoon’s High-Level Discussion.
Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova and
CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon
Given the current rate of poaching, children from West or Central Africa will one day speak of elephants and rhinoceros as we speak of mammoths: as magnificent creatures belonging to the past
Geneva, Switzerland, 31 July 2013
World Ranger Day 2013
World Ranger Day was first observed in 2007, on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the International Ranger Federation (IRF). It 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 protecting our natural resources, including wild animals and plants.