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Trends in levels of illegal killing of elephants
The primary mandate of the MIKE programme is to monitor levels of illegal killing of elephants at a sample of sites spread across the range of African and Asian elephants...
CITES Secretary-General's remarks on the destruction of confiscated elephant ivory - Beijing, China
John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 29 May 2015 Minister Zhao Shucong, State Forestry Administration, Minister Yu Guangzhou, General Administration of Customs, Vice Minister Chen Fengxue, State Forestry Administration, Distinguished guests...
Additional information from the CITES Secretariat
The CITES Secretariat is aware of several communications related to its media release of 5 May 2015 announcing a new initiative to support CITES Parties meet the Convention’s requirements for...
CITES Secretary-General's statement at a high-level segment of the 11th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests - UN Headquarters, New York
"The Future International Arrangement on the Forests We Want" CITES Statement John E. Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES Delivered by Milena Sosa Schmidt, Scientific Support Officer (Flora), CITES Secretariat UNFF11 -...
CITES and UNEP support strengthening of wildlife laws
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES and UNEP support strengthening of wildlife laws 88 countries and 13 dependent territories need to strengthen their...
CITES Secretary-General's remarks to the first destruction of confiscated elephant ivory in the United Arab Emirates
CITES Secretary-General's remarks to the first destruction of confiscated elephant ivory in the United Arab Emirates John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 29 April 2015 The United Arab Emirates Ministry of...
Southeast Asia
Place holder for region specific data or PIKE
CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the WTO 20th Anniversary Event – Trade and Environment, Geneva, Switzerland
WTO 20 th Anniversary Event – Trade and Environment 20 Years of Building Pathways to Sustainable Development Address by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES 28 April 2015, Geneva Ambassador...
South Asia
Place holder for region specific data or PIKE data
West Africa
PIKE Trends in West Africa The graph below shows the trends in the proportion of illegally killed elephants (PIKE) at reporting sites in West Africa. The data underlying this chart...