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The recently concluded Stockholm+50 Conference marked not only 50 years since the crucial conference on the Human Environment but also the origins, fifty years ago of four Conventions that have...
AI helps to fight the illegal trade in shark and ray fins
A mobile app that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help customs officers in Asia identify illegally traded species of sharks and rays has just been released. Fin Finder is a...
A move to more sustainable fishing in the Caribbean
80 representatives from Caribbean countries and the US have received training to better ensure the long-term sustainability of local marine species that are crucial for the livelihoods of communities in...
Countdown to World Wildlife Conference
The countdown has begun to the 19th World Wildlife Conference which is taking place in Panama… and the event’s logo has been unveiled. Known more officially as the meeting of...
Code of Conduct - To Prevent Harassment, Including Sexual Harassment, at UN system events
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What’s an NDF and why is it important?
One of the most important tools in conservation is being reviewed and overhauled thanks to funds from Germany, Switzerland and the European Union. The tool is called a Non-Detriment Finding...
Blue BioTrade in the Caribbean
A new packet of measures designed to promote legal and sustainable trade, and bring economic benefits to local communities in the East Caribbean fishing industry, under the Blue BioTrade Project...
Email invitations purporting to come from the CITES Secretariat
Geneva, 17 May 2022 - The CITES Secretariat has been made aware that fake email invitations to accept an award letter have recently been sent using the name of the...
Secretary-General's message on International Biodiversity Day 2022
We have a fight on our hands. We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and science has told us there will be consequences. Nature is our frontline defense against...
Happy Earth Day - Happy Mother Earth Day
Mother Earth Day message - April 2022 From CITES Secretary-General, Ivonne Higuero Happy Mother Earth Day to you. For many thousands of years, there have been peoples and cultures that...