These meetings assess the progress made by countries on key issues of wildlife and timber trade, as set out in CITES. We persistently advocate robust measures for the protection of wild fauna and flora. This 70th meeting was a busy one with a lot to digest, here’s a summary of the key issues with which we engaged
After more than 20 years of commitment to protecting wild tigers, Tiger Campaign Leader Debbie Banks has been recognised with an international award for her work. She was attending a meeting of Interpol’s Wildlife Crime Working Group in London when she was presented with the Dr Rimington Award by HRH Prince William
The fourth international Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade in London seeks to strengthen international partnerships across borders and beyond governments, with a focus on tackling illegal wildlife trade as a serious organised crime, building coalitions and closing markets
At the forefront of calls for transnational wildlife and forest crime to be properly recognised and tackled, our campaigners are attending to push for positive outcomes on a number of important campaign issues and to get the results of our investigations and analysis into the right hands to drive meaningful change
Ahead of next week’s 70th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Russia, we have released a new report evaluating international efforts to curb elephant poaching and illegal ivory trade
To mark World Rhino Day 2018, we have published a new interactive map of rhino horn trade data. The map provides a glimpse into the illegal rhino horn trade since 2006, including incidents of seizures and thefts of rhino horn around the world, along with convictions relating to rhino horn trade