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 ...

Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

By Emmanuelle PicaudFernanda WenzelSpoorthy Raman Early in 2026, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s office ...

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 ...