Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The purpose of this meeting was for governments to ...
On 3 March, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. For this special milestone, the United Nations Postal ...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is a treaty to protect wild animals and plants against over-exploitation through commercial trade. The signatories of the treaty, ...
WWF and TRAFFIC today hailed the success of Indonesia's proposal to list ramin – a tropical hardwood that is found in Asian rainforests, and becoming increasingly rare – in CITES Appendix II. Bangkok, ...
Significant progress for wildlife was achieved at the 19 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...
Geneva — A proposal to strengthen protections for both shortfin and longfin mako sharks, hunted for their meat and fins, was adopted today after a 102-40 secret ballot vote at the global wildlife ...
WWF and TRAFFIC today hailed the success of Indonesia's proposal to list ramin – a tropical hardwood that is found in Asian rainforests, and becoming increasingly rare – in CITES Appendix II. Bangkok, ...