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Press release: European Union invests EUR 12 m to minimize the illegal killing of endangered species
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE European Union invests EUR 12 m to minimize the illegal killing of endangered species Funds to focus on...
Intervention of the CITES Secretariat at WTO Committee on Trade and Environment
Intervention of the CITES Secretariat at Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization Geneva, 30 June 2014 Before this meeting, the CITES Secretariat shared with the WTO...
WCO press release: WCO publishes the Illicit Trade Report 2013
PRESS RELEASE The World Customs Organization (WCO) released its second edition of the Illicit Trade Report . The 2013 Report contains five sections, covering drugs; environment; IPR, health and safety...
Enhancement of the CITES Virtual College Information Centre into a research centre
The CITES Virtual College collects information on CITES through its Information Centre to support online courses and provide general and better disseminate information on the Convention. In addition, it uses...
Central Asian border controls lifted. Wildlife trade under the spotlight.
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Central Asian border controls lifted. Wildlife trade under the spotlight. Bonn, Germany, 1 July 2014 -- Member countries...
CITES welcomes Belgian court judgement on illegal trade in birds of prey
On 27 June 2014, a Belgian court found four defendants guilty of forging breeders declarations and CITES certificates for over 20 species of birds, mainly birds of prey. The Criminal...
CITES visits Iranian sturgeon aquaculture facilities
Geneva, 30 June 2014 – The Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO), in its capacity as the CITES Management Authority for Acipenseriformes, under the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture of the Islamic Republic of...
Pioneering seminar held in Paraguay to boost legal capacity to tackle different types of illicit trade
The Secretariat recently participated in a seminar on illicit trade and counterfeiting (2-6 June 2014, Asunción, Paraguay), organized by the INTERPOL General Secretariat, Office of Legal Affairs (Lyon, France) and...
CITES Secretary-General's intervention on Illegal Wildlife Trade at UN Environment Assembly Ministerial Dialogue, Nairobi, Kenya
‘Illegal Wildlife Trade’ UN Environment Assembly Intervention by John E. Scanlon Secretary-General of CITES Nairobi, Kenya – 26 June 2014 The scale and nature of illegal wildlife trade have changed...
CITES Secretary-General's presentation on The international dimension of illegal wildlife trade at UN Environment Assembly - Nairobi, Kenya
Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development - A Global Symposium on Environmental Rule of Law ‘The international dimension of illegal wildlife trade’ Presentation by John E. Scanlon Secretary-General, CITES Secretariat Tuesday...