The Latest Breaking News from CITES

Wildlife Animal Protection Forum of South Africa seeks investigation into ‘legitimate concerns’ over animal exports to India

Wildlife charity backs policy of exploitation of small number of some endangered species for economic purposes – such as trophy hunting

Nancy Gonzalez has made handbags used by a string of celebrities but had smuggled goods illegally from her native Colombia into the US

Al Jazeera investigation finds connection between secessionist struggle in Senegal and timber traffickers in Gambia.

Ecologists are angry at the Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2022, for listing an excessive number of species without a replicable process. This has consequences for conservation, people, and research. People's lives and livelihoods must be safeguarded first. Management actions must be tailored to ecology, species biology, and context. Citizens and…

The grey in the colourful plumage 

Government argues legal trade would benefit economy and conservation efforts in the country.

The internet has made it easier for people to buy and sell a huge variety of wildlife – from orchids, cacti and fungi to thousands of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, as well as insects, corals and other invertebrates.

Mexico has announced a new program to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise, saying that has headed off trade sanctions by the international wildlife body CITES