CITES Calendar
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| Thirty-second meeting of the Animals Committee | Geneva, Switzerland 19 - 23 June 2023 |
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| Twenty-sixth meeting of the Plants Committee | Geneva, Switzerland 05 - 09 June 2023 |
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| Dix-neuvième session de la Conférence des Parties | closed meeting, Panama City, Panama 16 December 2022 |
With opening remarks from CITES Secretary-General and contributions from EU, UK, ICCWC partners executive heads and beneficiaries of ICCWC support. Moderator: Barend Janse Van Rensburg – Chief, Enforcement Unit, CITES Secretariat 12.15 - 14.00
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| Seventy-sixth meeting of the Standing Committee | Panama City, Panama 25 November 2022 |
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| Nineteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties | Panama City, Panama 14 - 25 November 2022 |
(Venue: Panama Convention Center, Panama City, Republic of Panama)
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| Seventy-fifth meeting of the Standing Committee | Panama City, Panama 13 September 2022 |
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| 74th meeting of the Standing Committee | Lyon, France 07 - 11 March 2022 |
- Agenda and documents Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/cites/live |
| World Wildlife Day 2022 | 03 March 2022 | World Wildlife Day 2022 Virtual Global Event
The event will be live streamed on YouTube on March 3 2022. More information on https://wildlifeday.org/events.
Joint eventsGeneva Environment Network’s Wednesdays for the Planet A series of online screenings and discussions highlighting the natural world and some of the environmental challenges our planet faces. The virtual screenings are for educational purposes, non-profit and non-commercial. This special session is organized in the run-up to World Wildlife Day, and will feature a live discussion with experts on wildlife and species conservation. 23 FEB 2022 | 13:30pm | online |
| CITES Task Force meeting on illegal trade in specimens of listed tree species | Online, closed, 01 - 11 February 2022 |
The CITES Secretariat in collaboration with its partners in the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), with financial support provided to the ICCWC Strategic Programme by the European Union, France, and Monaco to support the implementation of Decision 18.79, will host an online CITES Task Force meeting on illegal trade in specimens of listed tree species. Le Secrétariat CITES, en collaboration avec ses partenaires du Consortium international de lutte contre la criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages (ICCWC), avec le soutien financier apporté au Programme stratégique de l'ICCWC par la France, Monaco et l'Union européenne, afin d’appuyer la mise en œuvre de la décision 18.79, accueillera une réunion en ligne de l’Équipe spéciale CITES sur le commerce illégal de spécimens d’espèces d’arbres inscrites aux annexes de la CITES. La Secretaría CITES, en colaboración con sus asociados del Consorcio Internacional para Combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre (ICCWC), con el apoyo financiero proporcionado al Programa Estratégico del ICCWC por la Unión Europea, Francia y Mónaco para apoyar la aplicación de la Decisión 18.79, organizará una reunión en línea del Grupo de tareas sobre comercio ilegal de especímenes de especies arbóreas incluidas en los Apéndices de la CITES. |
| FAO-CITES Virtual Sub-Regional Training Workshop on CITES and Fisheries | Online, closed, 15 - 17 November 2021 |
The objective of the workshop is to strengthen the understanding of the CITES implementation in the fisheries sector through the use of the new FAO-CITES Legal Study and Guide. The aim is to mobilize the fisheries legislation and enforcement to strengthen compliance and enforcement with CITES to better regulate catch and trade in protected species. The Parties invited to the workshop include Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu as well as Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Relevant regional fisheries and environmental organizations and arrangements are expected to take part as well. More information: Concept note and Agenda |
The 2022 celebration will be held online, and will seek to bring together representatives of UN member States, UN System organizations and multilateral environmental agreements, civil society, and the private sector for a series of discussions along the theme of "Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration".