Dr. Mary Cogliano Manager, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Via online submission, Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2021-0099 Dear Dr. Cogliano We are biologists and experts in the in situ research and conservation of African...
The National Norms & Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has published three important regulations for implementation. The regulations include the Revised Regulations Pertaining to Threatened or Protected Terrestrial Species and Freshwater Species (TOPS...
Implementation of Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP18) on Trade in Elephant Specimens
This document has been prepared by the Secretariat at the request of the Standing Committee. For full document: https://cites.org/sites/default/files/documents/E-CoP19-66-01_0.pdf
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON THE CLOSURE OF DOMESTIC IVORY MARKETS
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) - Seventy-fourth meeting of the Standing Committee Lyon (France), 7 - 11 March 2022 This document has been submitted by Senegal in relation to agenda item 39 on Closure of domestic...
Legal Opinion on CITES Rules on Exports of Live African Elephants from Namibia
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) Seventy-fourth meeting of the Standing Committee Lyon (France), 7 - 11 March 2022 This document has been submitted by Burkina Faso in relation to agenda item 50. According to SC74...
Identification Guide for ivory and ivory substitutes
By WWF, CITES, TAFFIC The information contained within this book was originally developedfor the wildlife law enforcement community in connection with itsmandate to enforce international endangered species trade regulationsand restrictions. Thousands of copies of...
Appeal to Tokyo to End the Trade in Elephant Ivory
Dear Governor Koike, I am writing on behalf of the Council of the Elders of the African Elephant Coalition, a consortium of more than 30 African member States, to urge the jurisdiction of Tokyo to ban the trade of elephant ivory and appeal to you to recommend that the...
CITES – Information Document INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN LIVE AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
This document provides information on exports from the four countries involved in the trade in live African elephants since 2010 - Zimbabwe, Namibia, Eswatini and Tanzania - with the aim of informing discussionsby the Animals Committee at its 31st meeting pertaining...
Open Letter: African Elephant Coalition calls on Europe to show leadership on global biodiversity by closing the EU ivory market
Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans, The collapse of Africa’s natural ecosystems through habitat destruction, climate change and over-exploitation of natural resources such as the uncontrolled trade in wildlife, has reached a crisis point, one that is now...
BRIEFING DOCUMENT: Sustainable Use, Rural Communities and Livelihoods
SUMMARY OF WORKING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO CITES CoP18 CoP 18 Doc. 11 Review of the Convention (Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe) SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS Document 11 does not contain draft Decisions or Resolution text but makes a...