by Adam Cruise | Nov 4, 2022 | CITES CoP19, Commentary, Related articles
By Adam Cruise, Keith Lindsay and Anna Zangger Three years ago, at the 18th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18) in Geneva in 2019, the European Union, in agreement with most...
by Adam Cruise | Sep 1, 2019 | News
By Agence France Presse Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe asked for the right to sell ivory acquired through natural deaths, confiscations and cullingZimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa blasted the decision not to relax ivory laws saying the money could fund...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 30, 2019 | Press Releases
By FONDATION FRANZ WEBER On August 27th, the 18th Conference of the Parties to CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) agreed to restrict exports of wild-caught African elephants to conservation programmes within their natural habitats,...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 28, 2019 | Press Releases
Geneva, 28 August 2019 – The triennial World Wildlife Conference, known formally as CoP18 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), concludes here today after adopting an impressive list of decisions advancing the...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 27, 2019 | News
By Phys.Org The regulator of global wildlife trade will impose a near-total ban on sending African elephants captured from the wild to zoos after a final vote on the issue on Tuesday. Following a heated debate at a meeting of parties to the Convention on International...