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CBOL receives $3 million grant from Google Foundation to barcode endangered species
Border inspectors and wildlife officials around the world are constantly on the lookout for endangered species that are being killed and trafficked in violation of national laws and international treaties...
C ITES supports UNODC-led PATROL cross-border law enforcement training programme in Cambodia and Viet Nam
In what would have appeared to any bystander the shooting of a scene for a James Bond movie, an arrest team quickly entered the scene and arrested a group of...
La CITES salue l’appel à l’action de la secrétaire d’État Hilary Clinton contre le commerce illégal d'espèces sauvages
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Genève, le 11 novembre 2012 – La Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d’extinction (CITES)...
Flagship species and the conservation of the entire ecosystem: why individual species matter
Opening Presentation of CITES Secretary-General Mr. John E. Scanlon* at the joint side-event during CBD CoP11 18 October 2012, Hyderabad, India Good morning and welcome to this joint side event...
Le Bahreïn devient le 176e État membre de la CITES
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Genève, le 4 septembre 2012 – Le Secrétariat de la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages...
L’ICCWC lance un Outil d’analyse sur la criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages et aux forêts
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias Le Consortium mobilise également 60.000 dollars pour renforcer les capacités nationales de lutte contre la fraude Genève, 25 Juillet 2012 – Le Consortium...
Une session de la CITES traite de la contrebande massive d’ivoire d’éléphants et de cornes de rhinocéros
Document non officiel destiné uniquement aux médias A sa 62 e session, le Comité permanent traitera également des serpents d’Asie, des grands félins, des grands singes, des espèces marines, des...
62nd Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee: Opening Remarks by CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon
Opening Remarks at the 62nd Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee by CITES Secretary-General John E. Scanlon 23 July 2012 Good morning and I join with the Chair in extending...
Web-based course for Customs now available on the CITES Virtual College
An updated and improved version of the course on Introduction to CITES for Customs is now available through the CITES Virtual College ( https://cites.unia.es/ ) in English, French and Spanish...
CITES: From Stockholm in ‘72 to Rio+20 - Back to the future ( 6 July 2012)
Travelling from the Odeon Cinema in downtown Rio de Janeiro – where we launched our film Rhinos under threat, to Riocentro in Barra de Tijuca – where the Rio+20 negotiations took place, can be a long trip. Several hours in a bus gives one a lot of time to think about a longer journey: the one that the international community has made from Stockholm in 1972 to Rio in 2012