Sharks have long been seen as creatures to fear. However, with 150 species of sharks being considered threatened or endangered, there is the very real possibility that sharks will not be a part of ...

Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in ...

A groundbreaking decision has been taken today by world governments that promises to turn the tide for shark conservation, with 54 species of shark awarded increased protections by the 19th Conference ...

Significant progress for wildlife was achieved at the 19 th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...

Gughar has now been listed in the Appendix II of Convention on Inter­national Trade in Endangered Spec­ies of Wild Flora and ...

On 3 March, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. For this special milestone, the United Nations Postal ...

Washington, DC—Fifty-four members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter today to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, urging the United States to vocally and strongly support the highest ...

An amendment to CITES Appendix II in January this year is resulting in the biggest forced change in guitar manufacturing ever. So what’s the big deal with rosewood? It’s perhaps the most revered of ...

Despite its reputation as the flagship international wildlife conservation treaty, Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) struggle to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. According to a new report by San Francisco-based NGO WildAid, more than one million pangolins have been taken from the wild in the past decade, ...

Demand is booming in China and, to a lesser extent, Vietnam for furniture and other goods made from hongmu, or rosewood, a term used to refer to a wide range of richly hued tropical hardwoods. Last ...

Poster boy: Between the 1940s and 1970s, the Nile crocodile suffered from over-zealous hunting A big hand for the Nile Crocodile, the poster animal for the argument that regulated international trade ...