The 16 th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was poised to be historic. Not only was 2013 the 40 th anniversary of CITES, but never ...

Washington, DC—Today, on World Wildlife Day, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...

In the closing plenary session of the most recent meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP18, Geneva, 26 August 2019), a declaration was made by nine members of the Southern African ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. UNESCO has put rainforests in Madagascar on its List of World Heritage in Danger. In 2013, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Cambridge, UK, 8th February 2019—A stakeholder workshop held in the David Attenborough Building last month examined the potential role of voluntary third-party sustainability certification schemes in ...

WWF issued the following statement today in response to decisions from world governments to offer better protection for five species of sharks at CITES Carlos Drews, head of WWF’s delegation at the ...

First published in the Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) was set up in 1975 to protect wild species from ...

Hundreds of species on agenda of largest ever wildlife trade meeting Forty years ago, the multi-billion dollar international trade in endangered wildlife was largely a free-for-all. While many ...

President of Southern Africa Community Leaders Network (CLN), Dr Rodgers Lubilo, has declared that CITES has “completely failed” as a platform to deliver legal ivory and rhino horn trade. He warned ...

A groundbreaking decision has been taken today by world governments that promises to turn the tide for shark conservation, with 54 species of shark awarded increased protections by the 19th Conference ...