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SC74 meeting in Lyon ends after 5 packed days
End of CITES SC74 meeting throws spotlight onto next World Wildlife Conference in Panama Lyon, 11 March 2022: More than four hundred delegates and observers from around the world, are...
New wildlife data visualisation platform reveals trends in international trade in endangered species
A new, interactive, online tool for visualising data and trends in the international trade in endangered species is being launched today. CITES Wildlife TradeView is a joint project between the...
World Wildlife Day International Youth Art Contest Announces Yanjun Mao of China as 2022 Winner
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/New York/Washington DC, 3 March 2022 - With a piece entitled “Return Home”, 13-year old Yanjun Mao from China has been selected from over 1,500 entries received...
World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Announces Winners for 2022
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/Jackson Hole, WY /New York, 3 March 2022. - Jackson Wild™ has announced the 2022 winners for the World Wildlife Day Film Showcase, which features films that...
UN issues 12 stamps illustrating endangered species in Central & South America and the Caribbean
For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Geneva/New York/Vienna, 3 March 2022 – Twelve new, colorful and original stamps are being launched today as...
World Wildlife Day celebrated across the globe on 3 March
PRESS RELEASE The fate of animal and plant species and the ecosystems that depend on them is at the heart of this year’s UN World Wildlife Day. The theme of...
CITES Parties and observers meeting in Lyon ahead of the next World Wildlife Conference
Geneva, 1 March 2022: One of the year’s most important meetings for the future of wildlife conservation is to take place in Lyon, France from 7 to 11 March. The...
France to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES in Lyon
France is preparing to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Lyon, with the...
Global arrests and seizures: WCO-INTERPOL Operation Thunder 2021 strikes wildlife and timber trafficking networks
For use of the media only; not an official document. PRESS RELEASE Global arrests and seizures: WCO-INTERPOL Operation Thunder 2021 strikes wildlife and timber trafficking networks 30 November 2021 -...
As the biodiversity and deforestation crises are recognized on the global stage, France offers to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
PRESS RELEASE As the biodiversity and deforestation crises are recognized on the global stage, France offers to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade...
