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CITES and the CMS share common origins, have complementary mandates, and enjoy longstanding and deepening programmatic collaboration. It was IUCN that first called for these two conventions in the early 1960’s. This call was heeded and enshrined in recommendations adopted at the UN Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, which led to CITES and the CMS being adopted within the decade – CITES in 1973 and the CMS in 1979.

Over the past 24 months we have seen a number of countries, including Belgium, Chad, China, Hong Kong SAR, China, Czech Republic, Gabon, France, Philippines, and the USA, destroy stockpiles...

CBD CoP12 side event Does biodiversity matter for development? EU's Development Cooperation launches its B4Life Flagship Initiative Opening Statement John E Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES (Delivered by Milena Sosa Schmidt)...

ITTO-CITES: Working together to sustain tropical tree species Opening Statement John E Scanlon, Secretary General, CITES

Alors que nous sommes bientôt à mi-parcours de l’échéance de 2020 pour atteindre l’ensemble commun de nos objectifs et stratégies pour la biodiversité, il est opportun de réfléchir sur la...

As we approach the mid-way point to the 2020 deadline to achieve our common set of biodiversity targets and strategies, it is an opportune moment to reflect on how the...

For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Malagasy President and CITES Secretary-General discuss actions to stem illegal timber trade in the margins of 69th UN...