Conservation Futures aims to drive radical new thinking on biodiversity

Humanity’s relationship with nature has changed profoundly as civilization has evolved and societies have become increasingly urbanized and globalized. Our demand for natural resources...

The elephant in the room: Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime

CITES Secretary-General's remarks at the side event on Addressing Corruption Linked to Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Crime, Vienna, Austria.7th session of the Conference of...

Fight against wildlife crime gets a USD20 million boost

At an event held alongside the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69), the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) announced generous...

Flamingo way of walking stimulate organic matter filtering in saline wetlands

An international group of researchers led by the University of Granada (UGR) has found that the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) facilitates microbial 'filtering' of...

CITES CoP18 will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in May 2019

The Secretariat of CITES, the global treaty that regulates wildlife trade, announced today that the next meeting of its Conference of the Parties (CoP18)...