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CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the destruction of confiscated rhino horn in the Czech Republic
The recovery of the CITES-listed African black and white rhino populations in the wild over the past few decades, after being hunted close to extinction, is a great conservation success story – and for the first seven years of this century poaching levels had remained low at around ten a year. After 2007, however, a sharp upward trend in poaching started to emerge – a trend that has continued to the point where over 1,000 rhinos were illegally killed for their horn in South Africa alone in 2013 and over 700 killed so far this year.
ICCWC Senior Experts Group meets in Geneva to review delivery of activities to combat wildlife crime
The Senior Experts Group of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) met in Geneva last week to discuss progress with its collaborative activities to combat wildlife crime. Opened...
Great apes
Sixty-fifth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee on great apes Great apes were addressed under several agenda items at the 65th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee and covered by...
Sixty-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee on great apes
Among the 53 agenda items of the 65th meeting of the Standing Committee, the issue of great apes was addressed under agenda items 34.1, 36 and 37. Item 27 is...
Discussions on Great Apes at the 65th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
The 65 th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (the Committee) in July 2014 had a full agenda that included 53 primary agenda items (and many sub items) and some...
Stronger protection for five shark species and all manta rays
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Stronger protection for five shark species and all manta rays New CITES trade controls come into effect on...
FAO and CITES support India’s effort in coordinating the Bay of Bengal regional cooperation on sharks and manta rays
Geneva, 3 September 2014: The Bay of Bengal Capacity Building Workshop on CITES Appendix II Listings of Shark and Manta Ray Species was held in Chennai, India from 26 to...
CITES Secretary-General's message to SPREP regional meeting on CBD, CMS and Ramsar - External link to CITES Secretary-General's speech
Message of the CITES CITES Secretary-General, Mr John E. Scanlon, to the SPREP regional preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Parties of CBD, CMS and Ramsar Convention