The International Wildlife Trade Conference resulted in major breakthroughs.
Requiem sharks, glass frogs and the white-rumped shama – a small Asian bird with a melodious song – have joined the global list of species whose sale is banned or heavily regulated. After two weeks of negotiations, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ended Friday, November 25 in Panama with a series of votes in plenary assembly, consecrating the vulnerability of these animals and the threat international trade poses to their survival.
This is an encouraging sign as the COP15 on biodiversity will soon be held, the objective of which is to define a global strategy for the preservation of nature.
oïs Lelanchon, program manager at Ifaw
“Several resolutions bearing major progress were adopted during the conference” greets Loïs Lelanchon, program manager at Ifaw (International Fund for the Protection of Animals), who followed the debates on the spot as an observer. “It is an encouraging sign as the COP15 on biodiversity will soon be held, the objective of which is to define a global strategy for the conservation of nature.” Since…
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