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La CITES apoya enérgicamente la nueva Reglamentación para el Transporte de Animales Vivos de la IATA
Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA La CITES apoya enérgicamente la nueva Reglamentación para el Transporte de Animales...
Países asiáticos avanzan hacia sistemas de emisión electrónica de permisos CITES para fortalecer la protección de las especies de la CITES
Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. Ginebra/Guangzhou, 14 de mayo de 2012 – Países de Asia discutieron el desarrollo y uso...
Amazon region countries move forward in the use of new technologies to ensure legal trade in wildlife
Member countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization met in Quito, Ecuador from 22 to 23 August 2013 to take stock of progress made in the implementation of a project...
CITES pays tribute to Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin
Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin (photo: IUCN ELP) With great sadness the Secretariat must report the untimely death of Dr Françoise Burhenne-Guilmin, one of the main architects of CITES. After graduating as a...
ICCWC deploys a Wildlife Incident Support Team (WIST) to Sri Lanka
In response to the need to take new approaches to combat the illegal trade more effectively, the International Consortium on Combatting Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), at the request of Sri Lanka...
G8 Leaders commit to fight against illegal trafficking in wildlife
The fight against transboundary wildlife crime received a boost at the recently concluded G8 Summit held from 17 to 18 June 2013 at Lough Erne. 1 G8 Leaders recognized the...
Entrada en vigor de nuevas reglas para el comercio internacional de madera, animales marinos y otros animales y plantas silvestres
Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. 178 Estados Miembros de la CITES para aplicar nuevas inclusiones y 201 Decisiones y Resoluciones...
CITES addresses WTO Committee on Trade and Environment
The Committee on Trade and Environment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held on 5 June 2013 in Geneva. The CITES Secretariat was invited to speak on the issue...
UN Security Council urges regional cooperation to tackle Lord’s Resistance Army threat, including alleged involvement in elephant poaching and related illicit smuggling
The United Nations Security Council was briefed, at its 6971st meeting on 29 May 2013, by Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Security-General and Head of the United Nations Regional...
Eight countries submit national action plans to combat illegal trade in elephant ivory
For use of the media only; not an official document. Primary source, transit and destination countries are requested to take urgent measures to implement their plans by July 2014 Geneva...