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A Virtuous Cycle for Conservation - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
NEW YORK – Poor and rural people around the world rely on plants and animals for shelter, food, income, and medicine. In fact, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (...
COP17 is a game-changer - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
In every corner of the world, wild plants and animals are under intense pressure as a result of habitat destruction, climate change, over-exploitation and illegal trade, which is taking place...
CITES Secretary-General's address at the CITES CoP17 Ministerial Lekgotla - 23 September 2016 - Johannesburg, South Africa
CITES CoP17 - Ministerial Lekgotla - 23 September 2016, Johannesburg Address by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General CITES ‘CITES and its role in advancing the achievement of the SDGs through legal...
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Tackling corruption will deal a lethal blow to the illegal wildlife trade - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
Talk of prohibiting, preventing and countering corruption must take centre stage when signatories to the Cites treaty on regulating the international trade in wildlife meet in Johannesburg this weekend. The...
Illicit wildlife trafficking is about people - they alone can fix it - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
The latest CITES meeting on 24 September in Johannesburg will be one of the most critical meetings in the Convention’s 43 year history. The evils of the international drug trade...
Media invited to register for the 17th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES in South Africa
Media invited to register for the 17th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES in South Africa Media are invited to register for the 17th meeting of the Conference...
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Media wishing to broadcast live from the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) are required to apply for a temporary broadcast license from the Independent...
In a world of 7 billion people how can we protect wildlife? - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
Consumers and collectors want sturgeon caviar, snakeskin bags, shark meat and fins, wild snowdrop bulbs, precious rosewood furniture, and quality agarwood oil, as well as rare birds, reptiles, cacti and...
The 183rd Party to CITES: Tonga
26 August 2016: The CITES Secretariat is pleased to welcome the Kingdom of Tonga as the 183rd Party to CITES. The “ Friendly Islands ” of Tonga are situated in...