In a favour of a lesser good

The latest round of negotiations on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has left little doubt that the South must fight …

Legal, controlled trade of wild species can have many benefits: CITES report

Adressing causes of poaching will benefit indigenous people, local communities and others involved in the supply chains

104 shark and ray species now receive new protections, but are they enough?

Improved fisheries management is essential to ensure long-term sustainability for sharks and rays as well as the associated fisheries as food and …

18th Conference of parties of CITES: Global conservation's hits and misses

Some excellent decisions taken to protect the Earth's diminishing flora and fauna; in some other cases, better luck next time perhaps

International bodies like WHO, FAO join hands at CITES COP19 to curb zoonotic diseases

Zoonoses defined as infectious diseases spread between animals and humans by food, water, fomites or vectors

Africa’s Tanzania loses 60 per cent elephants to poaching

Neighbour Mozambique had recently revealed that it lost nearly half of its elephant population in five years

Cheetah trade could drive the species to extinction

Smuggling that has endangered the subspecies in Horn of Africa is likely to also affect 40-100 last remaining Asiatic cheetahs in Iran

Poaching on the rise, but CITES COP19 downgrades status of southern white rhino

Despite the setback, the parties at COP19 rejected the proposal made by Eswatini to reinstate trade in rhino horns

'Resurgence of smuggling in Myanmar threat to wild Asian elephants'

Smugglers resort to torture to capture and train elephant calves, says report by wildlife monitoring network

CITES COP19: India’s freshwater turtle in danger of extinction

India puts forward proposal to move it to Appendix I; Common hippo, straw-headed bulbul, African elephant at risk too

CITES CoP 2019: Otters given highest protection from trade

Asian small-clawed as well as smooth-coated otters have been included in Appendix I of CITES

India opposes CITES move to regulate trade in all species of Dalbergia

It calls for considering individual species based on its conservation status in the wild and market status of international trade while unveiling …

Looking for the right bait

Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy

CITES CoP 2019: No more trade in African elephants

Parties vote to restrict trade from Zimbabwe and Botswana. They can no longer be shipped to zoos and circuses worldwide

CITES CoP 2019: Eswatini’s request to trade in white rhino horn rejected

The landlocked southern African country wanted to change the rules that currently forbid the international commercial trade in rhino horns

Regulations on shisham trade hit rosewood artisans

The reason for the dip, claims India, is the decision to include the entire Dalbergia genus under Appendix II of CITES

Cheetahs disappearing faster than you thought; population in Asia hardest hit

Just 7,100 cheetahs remain in the wild, occupying only nine per cent of the territory they once lived in

Experts warn of 'do or die' situation for many animals ahead of CITES meet

Support has been expressed for the greater protection of Sunda pangolin, Chinese pangolin, thresher and silky sharks

'Only closure of ivory markets can save African elephants'

Study by Wildlife Conservation Society underlines how illegal ivory trade, which has doubled since 2007, is causing rapid decline in elephant …

‘6,419 animals and 3,148 plants in Africa on verge of extinction’

UNEP, CITES and TRAFFIC reports raise alarm over continued poaching and online wildlife trade  

CITES CoP 2019: 18 endangered sharks and rays afforded protection

Mako sharks, giant guitarfish and wedgefish are among those which have now been included in Appendix II of CITES, enabling sustainable trade in them

No respite for Ridleys

Turtle excluder devices can reduce turtle deaths. But a web of politics and government laxity prevents their use

CITES CoP 2019: Proposals to resume sales of ivory stockpiles rejected

The last time sales of ivory stockpiles had been allowed in 2008, ivory smuggling had skyrocketed across Africa

CITES CoP 2019: Giraffes accorded protection from trade for the first time

The giraffe has been placed in Appendix II of CITES, which places prohibitions on uncontrolled trade in a species

CITES adopts resolution to end corruption in wildlife trade

This historic resolution aims at eliminating corruption at every stage of wildlife trade from poaching to selling of wildlife products