CITES: news and publications
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World`s valuable timbers protected against illegal trade
Precious ebony and rosewood timbers have secured protection
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Governments fall short on immediate efforts to curb illegal ivory trade at wildlife trade meeting
World governments at CITES opted against immediate trade sanctions against several countries that ...
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WWF statement on rhinos at CITES
Carlos Drews in response to decisions from world governments to offer better protection for rhinos
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Large numbers of threatened reef fish still traded
The humphead wrasse, a tropical reef fish, is still suffering from illegal and unreported ...
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WWF: Five species of sharks proposed for CITES listing
WWF issued the following statement today in response to decisions from world governments to offer ...
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Thai Buddhist leaders pray for poached elephants, call for end to ivory use
As world governments meet here to discuss global wildlife trade, revered Thai Buddhist leaders ...
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Event Advisory: Thai Buddhist leaders to pray for poached African elephants and call for end to ivory use
At the first-ever traditional Buddhist merit-making ceremony to pray for the tens of thousands of ...
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Rare turtle sets Japanese precedent
Japan is asking the world’s governments to help protect the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle.
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New study reveals scale of persistent illegal tiger trade
Parts of more than 1400 Tigers have been seized across Asia in the past 13 years, according to ...
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The fight to save threatened sharks and rays
The market for shark and ray products is first and foremost a luxury one. International trade is ...
