by Adam Cruise | Aug 8, 2019 | Press Releases
Agenda features wildlife crime, rhinos, rosewood, eels, sharks, “big cats,” etc Geneva, 7 August 2019 – The 183 Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will adopt decisions and resolutions to expand and...
by Adam Cruise | Aug 6, 2019 | News
By Elly Pepper – NRDC According to the African Elephant Status Report (2016), Africa’s elephant population has seen the worst declines in 25 years, with approximately 111,000 elephants lost between 2006 and 2015. While reported poaching levels are...
by Adam Cruise | Jul 29, 2019 | Documents
This document has been prepared by the Secretariat. At its 70th meeting (SC70, Sochi, October 2018), the Standing Committee approved a draft working programme for the present meeting. The Secretariat has supplemented this draft, with the additional documents submitted...
by Adam Cruise | May 3, 2019 | Commentary
By John Scanlon – Special Envoy at African Parks Network (First published on LinkedIn April 2018) Perhaps due to my background as a lawyer, I always regarded CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) as...
by Adam Cruise | Apr 3, 2019 | News
Sheree Bega, The Saturday Star / The Independent Online The future of elephants, both in Africa and Asia, rests in the hands of the UN wildlife trade body that is tasked with deciding on proposals to change protection levels of species under international trade....
