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 …

Illegal wildlife trade growing in two border cities of southeast Asia

Lack of government intervention to be blamed for alarming trade of animal body parts

Tortoise trade

Looking for the right bait

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

Parties to CITES urged to take stringent steps on jaguar, big cat conservation

The decisions were proposed and recommended at the CITES standing committee meeting 

Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question

Over the past nine years 5,940 African rhinos have been killed for their horns

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

China admits to tiger skin trade at international forum

Around 1,600 tigers have been traded globally since 2000

'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  

Israel moots proposal to regulate trade in mammoth ivory

Tel Aviv wants to prevent elephant tusks being sold as mammoth ones globally

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

60% increase in overall tiger population, but habitat & biodiversity loss threatening Southeast Asian big cats

Countries submit population numbers from 2010-2022 to Global Tiger Recovery Program, CITES

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

Zimbabwe's cheetah population declines by 85%

Historically, Zimbabwe and other regions in Africa have inhabited large cheetah populations 

Red Sandalwood export gets nod

Centre allows Andhra Pradesh to export 8,500 tonnes of unfinished woodÔÇêseized in crackdowns

Coming out of coma

A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks …

Sharp reminder

Jammu and Kashmir High Court gets tough on imposition of ban on shahtoosh products