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U.N. World Environment Day 2016
Message from CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon Illicit wildlife trafficking is driving some of the world’s most iconic animals and plants towards extinction, as well as some species you may...

La ONU lanza una campaña sin precedentes para movilizar a millones de personas y terminar con el tráfico ilegal de fauna y flora silvestres
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA La ONU lanza una campaña sin precedentes para movilizar a millones de personas y terminar con el tráfico ilegal de fauna y flora silvestres Ban Ki-moon, Gisele...

UN targets wildlife crime in the lead up to CITES CoP17
For use of the media only; not an official document. Press release UN targets wildlife crime in the lead up to CITES CoP17 UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal...

CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the 25th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - Vienna, Austria
CITES and the UN Conventions against Corruption and Transnational Organized Crime John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 25th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Plenary Session 24...

CITES welcomes G7 Environment Ministers Communiqué in the lead up to CITES CoP 17 in South Africa
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE CITES welcomes G7 Environment Ministers Communiqué in the lead up to CITES CoP17 in South Africa Geneva, 16...

CITES Secretary General's Interview on Ivory Trade - External link to CITES Secretary-General's Op Ed
(Beijing) – China's controversial legal market for ivory exists because the country imported 62 tons of elephant tusks from African countries in 2008 in a one-off sale authorized by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the primary international agreement protecting the animal.

Record agenda for World Wildlife Conference – CITES CoP17 – to be held in South Africa in September
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Record agenda for World Wildlife Conference – CITES CoP17 –
to be held in South Africa in...

Kenya is set to burn 105 tonnes of ivory – what does CITES, the world’s wildlife trade regulator, say?
The CITES Secretary-General will be amongst the special guests attending the ivory burn on 30 April in Nairobi hosted by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Geneva, 28 April 2016: Over the...

El sector del transporte intensifica sus esfuerzos para luchar contra el tráfico ilícito de vida silvestre
Únicamente para uso de los medios de comunicación; no se trata de un documento oficial. COMUNICADO DE PRENSA El sector del transporte intensifica sus esfuerzos para luchar contra el tráfico...

El Festival Internacional de Cine sobre Elefantes premia a las mejores películas sobre elefantes del mundo
El Festival Internacional de Cine sobre Elefantes premia a las mejores películas sobre elefantes del mundo Se anuncian los ganadores en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas con ocasión del...
