Tiger concern

United Nations

Tasteless plan

Overshadowed

CITES proceeds cautiously, in the wake of the Convention on Biological Diversity

World Wildlife Day 2023: A former secretary-general of CITES reviews 50 years of the Convention

CITES was designed 50 years ago to regulate trade in certain species, not fight transnational organised crime. We must now embed tackling it into …

CITES: Shark fin trade finally regulated as nearly 100 species provided protection   

Countries voted to include 54 species of requiem sharks, six species of hammerheads and 37 guitarfish in CITES Appendix II

Monkey business

Tusk trade tangle

Disappearing fields

Urbanisation takes its toll on farmlands

Citing an international meet

Another international meet fails to address the concerns of local poor people and follows the path shown by global bullies

Fate of the tuskers

Should nations who have done well for their elephants be punished for improper management by others?

CITES COP19 urges parties to remove references to pangolins from ‘official pharmacopoeia’

At least 23.5 tonnes of pangolins and their specimens were trafficked in 2021 alone

While Pakistan angers Arabs for its bustard

CITES, round 12

Sustainable use of wildlife comes to the fore; India remains backward

Reined in

Shelved!

Sale of African ivory stocks

Tamed for good

CITES ban forces India to hasten formulation of legislation to protect endangered species

Wild and unprotected

Poachers and smugglers continue to snip through the tatty net of existing Indian wildlife protection laws

SAVING THE STURGEON

Leading caviar exporting nations agree to voluntarily restrict sturgeon fishing to pre-empt a ban by CITES

BONE BAZAAR

Two small border towns, Tachilek in Myanmar and Mae Sai in Thailand, thrive on illegal trade in animal products. ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN …

NEW HEAVEN

Effective enforcement of laws, traceability needed for trade in European eels: COP19 draft decision

CITES Secretariat demands countries improve assessment of legal acquisition of eels 

SOUTH AFRICA

Death sentence

Baalu deaf to CITES

'Saving the tiger ranks very low on the minister's list of priorities'