News
Discover the latest CITES news
1649 results found
World Wildlife Day 2024 - Geneva Celebration!
On 4 March 2024 (2:30PM-4PM CET), join the livestream of celebration hosted by the CITES Secretariat, Geneva Environment Network and the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, Switzerland! On 20 December...
World Wildlife Day 2024 - United Nations Celebration!
Watch here on UN Web TV On 4 March 2024 (10AM-1PM EST), livestream the celebration at the United Nations headquarters! Simultaneous interpretation is available in English, French and Spanish. In...
Who Pays for Conservation?: New CITES Publication Calls for Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for African Elephant Conservation
Geneva, 28 February 2024 – Revered as the largest land mammal and a globally iconic species, the African elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) holds immense value for communities worldwide. However...
Birds of a Feather Flocked Together: Is the Scope and Scale of Trade in Songbirds Sustainable?
Geneva, 27 December 2023 — Around 60% of all birds are songbirds (of the order Passeriformes), which account for the highest overall number of traded species of any order of...
Climate action through legal and sustainable trade of timber, aromatic and medicinal trees: Germany commits 10 million Euros for the sustainable management of CITES tree species
Nairobi, 26 December 2023 — Forests hold intrinsic ecological, cultural, and economic value, covering approximately one third of land on Earth and serving as the home to over half of...
CITES experts draft sustainability guidance: trade in CITES species should not be detrimental to their survival or their role within the ecosystem
Nairobi, 18 December 2023 — With global biodiversity projected to decline by 10 per cent by 2050, ensuring the sustainability of human activities, such as legal and traceable international trade...
Operation Thunder 2023: 2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Originally published by INTERPOL and WCO . Also published on the ICCWC website . Lyon / Brussels, 14 December 2023 — Endangered animals including elephants, rhinos and pangolins, as well...
Exotic pets, frog legs and scientific specimens: CITES online workshop discusses conservation of amphibians in trade
Geneva, 8 December 2023 — Amphibians are thought to be the most threatened class of vertebrates globally, with millions of specimens traded internationally every year for a variety of reasons...
Online Workshop on Conservation of Amphibians (Amphibia spp.): Opening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero
Online Workshop on Conservation of Amphibians (Amphibia spp.) Opening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero 28 November 2023 Esteemed participants, Greetings to each of you joining from various corners of...
Delayed CITES listings of sharks and straw-headed bulbul came into effect on 25 November 2023 as agreed by CoP19
Geneva, 27 November 2023 — At the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...
