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Wildlife films to animate the “biodiversity super year”
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Wildlife films to animate the “biodiversity super year” World Wildlife Day 2020 Film Showcase announced Geneva/Jackson Hole/Montreal/Nairobi/New...
New CITES Appendices as amended at CoP18 and new suites of Resolutions and Decisions enter into force
Geneva, 26 November 2019 – In accordance with Article XV of the Convention and Resolution Conf. 4.6 (Rev. CoP18) respectively, the amendments to the CITES Appendices as adopted at CoP18...
Opening remarks of CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuer at the Debriefing of Operation Thunderball
Debriefing of Thunderball and Operation Demeter V Opening remarks of CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero 26 November 2019, Shenzhen, China Your Excellency Mr Ni Yuefeng, Minister for China Customs Your Excellency...
“Sustaining all life on Earth” announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2020
PRESS RELEASE “Sustaining all life on Earth” announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2020 Next UN World Wildlife Day 2020 will embrace the “biodiversity super year” Geneva, 19 November...
New study finds illegal trade in marine turtles persisting in Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE New study finds illegal trade in marine turtles persisting in Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam Geneva/Petaling Jaya...
Message from CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero for the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards
Under the theme Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime 13 November 2019, Bangkok, Thailand Madame Ambassador Rødsmoen Distinguished Award Winners Ladies and Gentlemen May I begin by warmly thanking the organizers for...
CITES publishes ambitious programme of work for 2020-2022
Geneva, 7 November 2019 – The CITES Secretariat published today the full suite of Decisions adopted at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) held in Geneva...
CITES Secretary-General commends outcomes of first high level conference on illegal wildlife trade in the Americas
Geneva/Lima, 4 October 2019 – Whilst poaching and wildlife trafficking in Africa and Asia have attracted considerable media and public attention in the past few years, far less has been...
CITES welcomes new UN General Assembly resolution on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife
Geneva, 20 September 2019: At the 73rd session United Nations General Assembly, the 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted its fourth resolution on tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife...
Music to your ears: CITES CoP18 moves towards strengthened regulations for tropical trees, as well as cautious exemptions for rosewood musical instruments
Geneva, 29 August 2019 - Tropical timber, particularly from rosewood trees, is one of the most valued wildlife commodities. The 18th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...