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Unicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. La caza furtiva de elefantes se ha duplicado y el comercio ilícito de marfil se...

With numbers as low as 2,000 in 1973, when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed, the population is now more than 19,000. More than 90 percent of these animals are in South Africa as a result of both public and private management efforts, for which CITES provides a framework.

Bangkok, Thailand, 3 March 2013 Your Excellency Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra Chair of the CITES Standing Committee, Øystein Størkersen Executive Director of UNEP, Achim Steiner...

Illegal trade in wildlife has now reached a scale that poses an immediate risk to wildlife and to people. Over the past five years, we have seen a dramatic spike in the poaching and illegal trade in elephants and rhinos. In 2011 an estimated 25,000 elephants were poached across Africa and in South Africa alone 668 rhinos were lost to poachers in 2012.

The CITES Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Lebanese Republic as the 178th Party to CITES. Lebanon is located in the East Mediterranean. It is bordered by Syria to the...

Wildlife and forest crime is increasingly organised and is demanding a more determined and coordinated enforcement response. The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime ( ICCWC ) will host two...

at an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of CITES 13 February 2013, Palais des Nations, Geneva Click to see photos from the event Director-General, Excellencies, CITES authorities, friends of...

The CITES Secretariat and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) have launched a report entitled Tracking sustainability: review of electronic and semi-electronic timber tracking technologies. This report has been produced within...