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Press release: Environment Ministers add their voice to global efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Environment Ministers add their voice to global efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade CITES calls for a focus...
Press release: UNESCO calls for closer cooperation with CITES to protect World Heritage Sites
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE UNESCO calls for closer cooperation with CITES to protect World Heritage Sites Selous Game Reserve included in the...
Wild and Precious Exhibit travels from Bangkok and Shanghai to Beijing and Nairobi
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Wild and Precious Exhibit travels from Bangkok and Shanghai to Beijing and Nairobi Nairobi, 20 June 2014 —...
Meetings Services Assistant
Vacancy announcement The following post in the CITES Secretariat has been published on the United Nations Careers Portal: Meetings services assistant, G6 The Job Opening is available here in PDF...
Chief, Scientific Support
Vacancy announcement The following post in the CITES Secretariat has been published on the United Nations Careers Portal: Chief, Scientific Support, P5 The Job Opening is available here in PDF...
Elephant poaching and ivory smuggling figures released today
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Elephant poaching and ivory smuggling figures released today Poaching levels remain alarmingly high at over 20,000. More large...
FAO and CITES support Asian countries with the implementation of recent shark listings
Geneva, 12 June 2014: The regional workshop for key Asian shark fishing and trading States was held in Xiamen, China from 13 to 15 May 2014. Representatives from both CITES...
CITES Secretary-General's intervention at the 31st Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries, Rome, Italy
Update on FAO-CITES activities related to commercially-exploited aquatic species John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 9-13 June 2014, Rome...
Agencies and partners join forces to promote the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing and new tools
PRESS RELEASE Agencies and partners join forces to promote the implementation of environmental law through enhanced knowledge sharing and new tools The Multilateral Environment Agreements and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA...
CITES welcomes GEF-6 biodiversity strategy
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE CITES welcomes GEF-6 biodiversity strategy Programme 3 aims to prevent the extinction of threatened species and recognizes...