Tag:Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Conservation

Prohibition of ivory trade: Charting a new path in elephant conservation

Now that a proposal to relax the prohibition on commercial trade in elephant ivory has been rejected - once again- at the latest conference...

Michael Simire - December 2, 2025

Conservation

From Samarkand to the world: CoP20 sets out to define next chapter in wildlife trade

Once a vital artery of exchange across continents, the Silk Road is now the setting for a different kind of global dialogue: the future...

Michael Simire - November 28, 2025

Conservation

Range states agree on first Regional Action Plan for jaguar conservation

The jaguar was one of the first species included in CITES Appendix I in 1973. Today, jaguars are facing ever-increasing threats such as habitat...

Michael Simire - October 29, 2025

Conservation

Conserving elephants: CITES MIKE Programme, Ecole de Faune de Garoua unite for Congo Basin

Wildlife crime, including the poaching of elephants for illegal trade in ivory, continues to pose a severe threat to biodiversity, the rule of law,...

Michael Simire - August 22, 2025

Conservation

Uzbekistan unveils official slogan for CITES CoP20

With less than 100 days remaining until the opening of the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International...

Michael Simire - August 20, 2025

Conservation

CITES: Countries devise strategies to tackle poaching, trafficking in rhinoceroses

Although progress has been made in combating crimes affecting rhinoceroses, poaching and trafficking continue to represent a significant threat to their populations. These crimes...

Michael Simire - June 22, 2025

Pollution

How data is helping cities counter plastic pollution

Officials in Lagos, Nigeria, were facing a dilemma. It was the early 2020s, and the city of 22 million was being overwhelmed by plastic pollution....

Michael Simire - May 24, 2025

Conservation

Conservation in East Africa: Rangers enlightened on monitoring illegal killing of elephants

The Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants Programme of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES MIKE...

Michael Simire - April 1, 2025

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