Media resources
Background information
- What is CITES? (PDF)
- Quick read of issues/WWF position statements (PDF)
- WWF full positions ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, ARABIC (PDF)
- CITES and marine species: Now and then (a PDF backgrounder)
- Full story: How fisheries regulation has so far failed the bluefin tuna (PDF backgrounder)
- Fast facts on Atlantic bluefin tuna and CITES
- CITES media briefing call presentation (PDF)
- WFCMS statement (in Chinese/No official translation available)
Contacts
Mobile at CoP15:
+41 79 528 8641
Email Sarah
Ian Morrison
Mobile at CoP15:
+ 41 79 874 6853
Email Ian
Trishna Gurung
Mobile at CoP15:
+1 202 203 8863
Email Trishna
Gemma Parkes (bluefin tuna)
Mobile at CoP15:
+39 346 387 3237
Latest CITES news
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WWF, Traffic featured in TIME magazine cover story
Time writers chronicle the many serious challenges to rhino conservation including unabated ...
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WWF, Greenpeace call for suspension of bluefin fishery as tuna boats head to Libyan waters
With elements of the Mediterranean industrial bluefin tuna fleet already heading to exploit the ...
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Illegal bear bile trade rampant in Asia
Poaching and illegal trade of bears, driven largely by the demand for bile, used in traditional ...
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China celebrates 30 years of conserving and sustainably using biodiversity through CITES
Rapid economic development in China creates new challenges and opportunities for the conservation ...
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Payback time for fleets stealing tuna from oceans
Countries which exceed fishing quotas on the rare East Atlantic tuna species should pay for their ...
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World leaders back tiger summit rhetoric with recovery plan, seed money
World leaders and countries that have wild tigers today endorsed a major plan to double the number ...
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Analysis nets holes in 2010 bluefin tuna catch data
New data seen by conservation organisations WWF and Greenpeace reveals that documentation for 2010 ...
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One thousand tortoises a week illegally gathered in south Madagascar
Ten or more zebu carts filled with around 100 terrestrial tortoises each are leaving the Mahafaly ...
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Revoke licences call for repeat wildlife trafficking offender
A six month jail sentence for one of the world’s noted wildlife trafficker is welcome but the ...
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Listing of precious woods a glimmer of hope for ravaged Madagascar
More than two years of lobbying by WWF and Malagasy scientists are expected to see the island’s ...
