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Países amazónicos unen sus esfuerzos para combatir el comercio ilícito de especies silvestres
Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. Ginebra, 19 de junio de 2012 – Los esfuerzos para reducir el comercio internacional ilícito...
La CITES elogia al FMAM por aprobar un proyecto innovador para los rinocerontes
Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. Un proyecto apoyado por el FMAM y el PNUMA utilizará técnicas forenses aplicadas a la...
The 174th Party: Armenia
The Secretariat is pleased to welcome Armenia as the 174th Party to CITES. Armenia is situated in the Caucasus region, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It borders...
New Party to CITES
New Party to CITES The Depositary Government of the Convention (the Government of the Swiss Confederation) has informed the Secretariat that Oman deposited its instrument of accession to CITES on...
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...