A TRAFFIC survey of seventy-two online platforms found a staggering 1,267 CITES listed species for sale in Central African countries and Nigeria between March 2018 and January 2021. In delivering these findings to the governments of the countries involved, TRAFFIC seeks to bolster national legislation to regulate these online sales …
there will be no ivory trade in Africa for the next nine years. African countries have reached the first-ever consensus at the conference of parties to the un convention on wildlife. The countries say it will help check dwindling populations of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana). The Convention on International …
The wrongs and rights of ivory sales FOR anybody who cares about animals, the biggest fixture on the diplomatic calendar is a bunfight that happens every three years to review the working of a convention on the international trade in endangered species, known as cites. At the current gathering, now …
Tigers and Asian big cats were at the centre stage of an important debate at the 14th meeting of the Conference of Parties of the CITES at the Hague, The Netherlands. Led by India and other range states like Nepal, China, Bhutan and Russia, the 14th CoP was able to …
the us has officially launched a global initiative to fight illegal wildlife trade. The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (cawt) comes despite the fact that there are two international conventions to control trade in wildlife: the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) and the Convention on Biological Diversity. "Conventions …
The unique and beautiful Tibetan antelope, or chiru, is in imminent danger of extinction from illegal hunting. At current rates of hunting, the species may be extinct in the wild within two years. The chiru is hunted for its underfur, which is used to make a very fine wool called …
This handbook seeks to provide a comprehensive and cohesive perspective on the major International Environmental Agreements to which India is a party, along with India’s position and role in implementing these conventions at the national level. This handbook is also an attempt to provide grounding to the uninitiated in the …
Iceland has resumed whale meat exports after a gap of more than 15 years. It recently sold minke whale meat from its scientific whaling programme to the Faroe Islands. Environmental groups say the trade contravenes the un's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites). Iceland's whaling commissioner, however, says …
Azerbaijan's fisherfolk are defying a government ban on fishing for sturgeon, the country's national fish, whose caviar is in high demand across the world with an annual retail value of us $383-574 million. The Azerbaijan government introduced the ban after the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered …
Aun body recently extended a ban on the export of caviar for all Caspian Sea countries except Iran. The un Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) said it extended the ban as it did not receive information from the five Caspian states
climate change victims: Residents of Inupiat village of Shishmaref, a remote Eskimo village in Alaska, the US, might be the first US people forced to shift their habitat because of global warming. Officials recently said the shifting would be completed within four years. The village, located on a narrow barrier …
1975: Rasheed Jamshed becomes the first markhor trophy hunter 1983: A trophy hunting scheme is formally launched. Foreign hunters invited 1990: Germany and the UK move a case at CITES to ban export of markhor trophy to prevent its poaching and extinction. Pakistan says the fears are unfounded. CITES puts …
Preventing illegal trade in endangered flora and fauna is getting some much-needed attention. The Union ministry of environment and forests (m o ef) is hurriedly putting together draft legislation, possibly amending the Wildlife (Protection) Act, to ensure the protection of endangered species. The sudden urgency is the result of a …
Tata Chemicals and Gujarat Heavy Chemicals have pitched in their mite behind the effort to save the whale shark Aunique corporate-ngo partnership in coastal Gujarat has succeeded in giving a new lease of life to the spectacular whale shark, the world's largest fish, which was being poached almost to extinction …
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) took a few steps forward and retracted a whole mile at its 13 th Conference of Parties (co p-13), which concluded in Bangkok on October 14 after 2 weeks of hectic parleys. It set in motion, or sped up, processes to …
the International Fund for Animal Welfare (ifaw), one of the world's largest conservation groups, has made a startling disclosure that it had paid for the attendance of additional delegates from three developing countries at the 13th Conference of Parties (cop-13) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites). …
Seahorses will now be protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites). They are the first commercially valuable genus to be accorded such a status. Countries must now ensure that commercial trade of seahorses is not detrimental to wild populations. "At least 77 countries are involved in …
the vicuna, a delicate high-altitude cousin of the llama which inhabits the Peruvian hills of the Andes, is on the comeback trail. Its numbers have now reached 149,000
the standing committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) has deferred the one-time sale of 60 tonnes of stockpiled ivory by South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. The decision was taken at the panel's meeting, which took place in Geneva from March 15-19. Earlier, in November 2002, …
Conservation groups are up in arms against a move to resume trade in Caspian Sea caviar. In 2001, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites) had placed a moratorium on caviar trade by Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. Iran, though not subject to the ban, had also joined …
