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CITES conference takes decisive action to halt decline of tropical timber, sharks, manta rays and a wide range of other plants and animals
For use of the media only; not an official document. 55 proposals accepted, 9 rejected and 6 withdrawn. Strong enforcement measures to fight wildlife crime also adopted. Next meeting will...
ICCWC delivers specialized training for law enforcement officers
Cutting-edge training in investigation techniques has been delivered to wildlife law enforcement officials across Asia, helping them in their battle to halt transnational organized wildlife and forest crime. Over the...
Rencontre des responsables du consortium international de lutte contre la criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages afin de débattre des stratégies futures de lutte contre la criminalité transnationale organisée liée aux espèces sauvages et aux forêts
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Bangkok, le 5 mars 2013 – Les responsables exécutifs du consortium établi dans le but de lutter contre la criminalité liée aux espèces...
Réunion des ministres à Bangkok pour débattre la gravité de la criminalité transnationale liée aux espèces sauvages et aux forêts
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Bangkok, le 5 mars 2013 – La criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages a récemment été mise au premier plan des plus hautes sphères...
Wildlife under threat - time to act (3 March 2013)
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.
Opening Statement by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES
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...
La Conférence de la CITES s’ouvre sur fond d’appels à la lutte contre la surpêche, l’exploitation illégale des forêts et la criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Les arbres et les espèces aquatiques, notamment les requins et les raies, sont au centre des débats. Eléphants, rhinocéros, ours blancs, tortues d’eau...
Tackling the illegal trade in wild animals is a matter of global urgency (1 March 2013)
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 178th Party: Lebanon
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 crime consortium to host high-level events on transnational organized wildlife crime at CITES Conference
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...