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 ...

Cambridge, UK, 17 January 2007—The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP14) this year will ...

Governments meeting March 13 for the largest wildlife trade convention will have a unique opportunity to help preserve the world’s oceans and simultaneously stem a worldwide poaching crisis. Gland, ...

GENEVA, Switzerland, August 13, 2019 (ENS) – The 183 countries that are Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, will adopt decisions and resolutions to expand ...

WWF today hailed the historic victory of Nicaragua and Guatemala's proposal to list bigleaf mahogany in CITES Appendix II. Santiago, Chile: WWF today hailed the historic victory of Nicaragua and ...

CITES was created in 1973 to address the unregulated international trade in wildlife and wildlife products. Species may be listed on one of three CITES appendices, designating different levels of ...

Geneva, Switzerland, 26th August 2019—two Asian species of otters have received the highest levels of trade protection measures after Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most effective international conservation agreements.

Located in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, Panama is poised to become a country filled with many historic wins for our environment. Panama City will be host to ...