How CITES Supports Sustainable Wildlife Trade Across the Globe

CITES established an international framework for the legal trade of listed wild animals and plants, with common procedures and mechanisms worldwide.

How CITES works

CITES works by subjecting international trade in specimens of selected species to certain controls. All import, export, re-export and introduction from the sea

What is CITES?

Many wildlife species in trade are not endangered, but the existence of an agreement to ensure the sustainability of the trade is important in order to ...

CITES | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a global treaty to ensure international trade in wild plants ...

what is CITES? how does it protect wildlife? | IFAW

It's an agreement between the governments of more than 180 countries around the world to regulate international trade in wildlife and plants to ...

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

CITES is an international agreement, signed by 184 parties in 1973, designed to ensure that international trade in animals and plants does ...

CITES and the International Trade in Endangered Species

CITES regulates the international trade in flora and fauna through use of import and export permits. The specific requirements for these permits vary depending ...

CITES | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a global agreement among governments to regulate or ban ...

New tool launched to help countries ensure that wildlife trade is ...

“The new NDF Support Tool brings together key datasets used by CITES Scientific Authorities into one place, helping decision-makers ensure that ...

eCITES: Transforming Global Wildlife Trade Management | CITES

Carrying the responsibility of regulating international trade in more than 40,000 species of plants and animals, CITES mandates that specimens ...

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

While legal and sustainable wildlife trade is a multi-billion dollar legitimate business, the CITES Secretariat does not place a value on illegal wildlife trade ...

Wildlife trade - European Commission - Environment

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) protects over 40.900 endangered species – about 6.610 species of ...

CITES and Trade Agreements – Partnering to Combat Wildlife Crime ...

CITES has a critical role to play in ensuring legal, sustainable and traceable trade in trees and other wildlife. We are strengthening our cooperation with ...

CITES and beyond: Illuminating 20 years of global, legal wildlife trade

Unsustainable trade in wildlife, however, threatens biodiversity and its ability to support communities and a functioning planet. It is therefore important to ...

UNESCO World Heritage Convention and CITES unite to cooperate ...

UNESCO World Heritage Convention and CITES unite to cooperate on conservation and sustainable wildlife trade in species occurring in World ...

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ...

CITES has developed into one of the world's most powerful tools for ensuring sustainable use through the regulation of international trade in over 37,000 ...

Next steps for conservation of animals in international trade ... - CITES

CITES-listed species are used by people around the world in their daily lives for food, health care, furniture, housing, tourist souvenirs, ...

Unveiling the patterns and trends in 40 years of global trade in ...

The aim of CITES is to regulate the international trade in CITES-listed animals and plants so that trade in wildlife and wildlife products is legal, sustainable ...

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

International wildlife trade is estimated to be worth billions of dollars and involves millions of plant and animal specimens. CITES is an ...

Strengthening cooperation for sustainable and legal trade in fish ...

People around the world sell and buy all kinds of commercially exploited aquatic species, including those listed in the Appendices of the ...