Key countries meet to further strengthen measures to tackle ivory trafficking
Geneva / Maputo, 7 May 2018 - Over 60 representatives from 24 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, and from intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, met in Maputo, Mozambique, from 1 to 4 May 2018, to discuss the development and implementation of National Ivory Action Plans (NIAPs) . The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) requires from a number of its Parties that they develop and implement NIAPs to strengthen their controls
Concrete measures agreed to tackle illicit trafficking in Siamese rosewood
Government of Thailand hosts the 2 nd Regional Dialogue on Preventing Illegal Logging and Trade of Siamese Rosewood Geneva, 11 April 2016 - The illegal logging and trafficking of Siamese rosewood ( Dalbergia cochinchinensis) is causing the serious decline of these species in the wild, and considerable damage to the ecological integrity of Southeast Asian forests. Siamese rosewood is a CITES Appendix II listed species that is native to the Indo-China sub region, and is only found in Cambodia, Lao
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