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...

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)...

The 2030 challenge for a liveable planet

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” Joel Arthur Barker,...

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...

#BigCats: #PredatorsUnderThreat announced as the slogan

The countdown to next year’s World Wildlife Day (WWD) kicks off today, 100 days before 3 March 2018. This special day in the UN...