How CITES’ New Online Courses Could Change Wildlife Trade Enforcement in Africa

How CITES’ new online courses could change Wildlife trade enforcement in Africa

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora moved to close one of the quiet gaps in global conservation enforcement in late November, when its Secretariat unveiled new digital training tools during the 20th Conference of the Parties in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, aiming to strengthen how countries, particularly in Africa, regulate […]

CITES unveils new e-learning tools to strengthen global wildlife trade governance - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

How does the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) operate in practice? What underpins the CITES permit system, the scientific and legal acquisition assessments that guide decisions, and the structure of the CITES Appendices? How do the roles of national CITES authorities differ from those of the CITES Secretariat? These are just some of the questions that can be answered by taking the new CITES …