Press releases

SC74 meeting in Lyon ends after 5 packed days
14 March 2022
New wildlife data visualisation platform reveals trends in international trade in endangered species
09 March 2022
World Wildlife Day International Youth Art Contest Announces Yanjun Mao of China as 2022 Winner
04 March 2022
World Wildlife Day Film Showcase Announces Winners for 2022
04 March 2022
UN issues 12 stamps illustrating endangered species in Central & South America and the Caribbean
03 March 2022
World Wildlife Day celebrated across the globe on 3 March
02 March 2022
CITES Parties and observers meeting in Lyon ahead of the next World Wildlife Conference
02 March 2022
France to host 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of CITES in Lyon
16 December 2021
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)
18 November 2021
World Wildlife Day Film Showcase to highlight efforts to conserve endangered species and ecosystems
17 November 2021
"Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2022
15 November 2021
Poaching and illegal trade a growing threat to jaguars: CITES study
02 November 2021
Trends in elephant poaching in Africa fall to lowest levels since 2003: CITES MIKE Programme
01 November 2021
Online workshop on physical inspection of timber shipments in the Lower Mekong Region hosted by the CITES Secretariat
29 October 2021
Online Workshop to strengthen CITES application in Central America and Dominican Republic
25 October 2021
CITES Secretariat hosts online meeting of range, transit and consumer States of totoaba
21 October 2021
Andorra to become the 184th Party to CITES
15 October 2021
Statement on trade in live African elephants under Articles III and IV of the Convention
17 September 2021
Panamanian Government and CITES Secretariat sign agreement on hosting CoP 19
15 September 2021