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Travelling from the Odeon Cinema in downtown Rio de Janeiro – where we launched our film Rhinos under threat, to Riocentro in Barra de Tijuca – where the Rio+20 negotiations took place, can be a long trip. Several hours in a bus gives one a lot of time to think about a longer journey: the one that the international community has made from Stockholm in 1972 to Rio in 2012

Geneva, 19 June 2012 – Efforts to reduce illegal and unsustainable international trade in wildlife gained new momentum through an innovative project among member States of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES praises GEF for approving innovative rhino project Project backed by GEF and UNEP will use wildlife forensics...

Workshop on Tracking technologies for forest governance, Kuala Lumpur, 15-17 May 2012 Due to the increasing need to more effectively implement CITES for listed tree species and their products, the...

Geneva, 5 June 2012 – The CITES Secretariat has launched today its own pages and accounts in four social networking websites: Facebook , Twitter , Flickr and Youtube on the...

‘Ivory and Insecurity: The Global Implications of Poaching in Africa’ Written testimony of John E. Scanlon Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and...

Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Genève/Guangzhou, 14 mai 2012 – A l’occasion d’une réunion qui s’est tenue du 9 au 11 mai 2012 à Guangzhou, en Chine, les...

For use of the media only; not an official document. Geneva/Guangzhou, 14 May 2012 – The development and use of CITES e-permitting systems, and their role in ensuring legal, sustainable...