CITES Briefing Document – Key Priorities and Recommendations for CoP20

The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will take place from 23 November and 5 December in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

EIA encourages CITES Parties and stakeholders to consider information contained in this document when making decisions on proposals and matters in relation to endangered fauna and flora at CoP20.

EIA will be actively engaging at CoP20 on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins and vaquita porpoises, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.

The table on page 3 contains a summary of EIA’s position on key proposals and working documents. Our detailed comments and recommendations start from page 5.