Ready and excited to service #CITESCoP18 from 17-28 August in Geneva at Palexpo Thanks to the donors (Swiss, EU, Germans & Croatia), United Nations Geneva @UNDSS_Geneva Palexpo_EN, vendors, volunteers and especially the CITES team for making this happen in spite of the short time to plan!

#ICYMI As we review the outcomes of #CITESCoP18 #Sharks and rays under new international regulations bit.do/e76QJ via BBC CITES

#ICYMI "#Wildlife summit votes down plan to allow sale of huge ivory stockpile Some African nations at #CITES conference argue sales would provide much-needed income" "The rancorous debate exposed deep divisions between African nations..."  bit.do/e76ML via The Guardian

India: More than 500 parakeets seized in Bengal from Patna-Kolkata bus; 2 arrested bit.do/e8C4c via Hindustan Times #WildlifeCrime #WildlifeTrafficking

Cambodia: Environment Ministry warned nearly 60 shops suspected of illegally selling #ivory & #rhino horns to immediately stop the trade or face action bit.do/e8GGr via Khmer Times Cambodia seized over 5 tonnes of ivory & rhino horns during crackdowns from 2016-2018.

In 2019 alone, Hong Kong & Singapore intercepted 3 huge shipments of #pangolin scales weighing 33.9 tonnes in total, each shipment was bigger than previous records, all from Nigeria, making the country a staging ground for illegal pangolin trade bit.do/e85Se Reuters

With 13 references to #CITES incl. #CITESCoP18, the new United Nations General Assembly resolution on tackling #WildlifeTrafficking further recognizes CITES as the primary legal framework for regulating #wildlife trade & combating #WildlifeCrime bit.do/e9bLo

#CITES SG @IvonneHiguero speaking to @CNNMoneyCH on the role of luxury brands in ensuring #SustainableUse, #livelihoods & outcomes of #CITESCoP18 x.com/CNNMoneyCH/sta… bit.ly/2mO6yGZ She is also speaking today on this topic at a LVMH event during #ParisFashionWeek.

#CITES #MIKE programme assists rangers in anti-poaching activities and equipment so the most effective and least costly the better to support as many sites as possible

Do you find the pictures too fuzzy? They are composed of as many pixels as the numbers of individuals of these #species left in the wild! bit.do/fa9of #wildlife

#UK supports #ICCWC, the global alliance to combat #WildlifeCrime. Working with govts, ICCWC aims to build sustained institutional capacity across #AML, specialized investigation techniques, anti-corruption measures, regional threat assessments. More at bit.ly/2ml7thW

#DidYouKnow 90% of the world’s seabirds have fragments of plastic in their guts? This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let us spread the word and call for action! Protect #birds: Be the solution to plastic pollution! bit.ly/314EDBg #WMBD2019

UK: Court rejects ivory ban challenge, attempt to overturn a total ban on #ivory trading failed | #elephant #IvoryBan theguardian.com/environment/20…

New World Bank report estimates real cost of illegal logging&fishing & #WildlifeTrafficking at a jaw-dropping USD$ 1-2 trillion This is how illegal trade & #wildlifecrime steal from national economy, hurt legal trade & deprive people of their #livelihoods bit.do/ff6nM

#HappeningNow 5 winners receive the 2019 Asia Environmental Enforcement Awards this evening in #Bangkok bit.do/fg4zK Fighting Transboundary Environmental Crime, incl. #WildlifeCrime has never been more important, says #CITES SG @IvonneHiguero bit.do/fg4Au

United States: 1,400 pounds of dried #shark fins, believed to have originated in South America, seized at a Miami port bit.do/frGda via Animals Time #WildlifeCrime #WildlifeTrafficking

Malaysia: Marine police foil attempt to smuggle 4,000 live baby pig-nosed turtles bit.do/frQR7 via New Straits Times | The pig-nosed #turtle is listed in #CITES Appendix II. #WildlifeCrime #WildlifeTrafficking

Only 4 weeks left until United Nations #WorldWildlifeDay! Join us on 3 March in celebrating the world’s beautiful and diverse wild fauna and flora, let us build a world that can #SustainAllLife on 🌍: wildlifeday.org #Biodiversity2020 #WWD2020 #SDGs

UN issues stamps celebrating #CITES-listed #MigratorySpecies which are also covered by Convention on Migratory Species (CMS). CITES strives to keep the trade of such species legal, sustainable & traceable, and to advocate for UN #SDGs during #Biodiversity2020 bit.do/fuyL8 #GlobalGoals

Sad to hear of the passing of Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist. Leakey mobilised the international community to address the poaching scourge and associated trade while head of the Kenya Wildlife Service. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.