News

German Bundestag (Federal Diet) Public discussion with experts on “the wildlife trade” including on “Combating poaching and the illegal wildlife trade” Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear...

Joint Statement by John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES and Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of CMS Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with great pleasure that we welcome you...

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...

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Soutenue par des célébrités, une campagne inédite de l’ONU vise à mobiliser des millions pour mettre fin au commerce illégal Ban Ki-moon, Gisele Bündchen, Yaya Touré et...

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 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...

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...

(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.