by Adam Cruise | Mar 5, 2023 | Commentary
Open Letter from 50 Signatories. Dear Parties to CITES and the CITES Secretariat, On 3 March 2023, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Faunaand Flora (CITES) will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Heralded as the Convention to protect...
by Adam Cruise | Feb 10, 2023 | Commentary
By By John Scanlon AO and Jinfeng Zhou – IISD SDG Knowledge Hub Voting under CITES has, overall, been a strength of the Convention, both at CoPs and in its committees, including when considering compliance and implementation issues. Yet there is a sense amongst...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 25, 2022 | CITES CoP19, News, Related articles
By Lenin Ndebele, News 24 he ongoing Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), in Panama, placed a temporary ban on live elephant exports from Africa and shut the door on the ivory trade. The brief ban has compromised...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 12, 2022 | News
By CGTN Africa Zimbabwe will host an elephant summit in April to discuss the growing burden of elephant overpopulation and the negative impacts of the ivory trade ban. The summit will also focus on wildlife in Victoria Falls said Environment, Climate, Tourism and...
by Adam Cruise | Mar 12, 2022 | Commentary
By Keith Lindsay, Adam Cruise and Rosie Awori Just one day before a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which was to examine the legality of Namibia’s intended transaction, its government confirmed...
