Congratulations to Ms Astrid Schomaker for her appointment as Executive Secretary of the CBD Secretariat. I enjoyed working with her on CITES matters while EC Director & look forward to close collaboration in her new role. Welcome to the biodiversity related conventions family!

Admiro las autoridades aduaneras y sus esfuerzos para detener el tráfico de vida silvestre en estrecha colaboración con autoridades agrícolas y de vida silvestre. Felicidades por este logro. El tráfico de aves de #CITES es de gran preocupación.

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Combatir los delitos contra la vida silvestre para un planeta sostenible y biodiverso es integral a la #CITES
La Cumbre de Combate al Comercio Ilícito de TRACIT y aduanaspanama esta semana reforzó el valor de colaborar para fortalecer el control fronterizo en las Américas

Combating #wildlifecrime  is a global imperative for a sustainable & biodiverse planet
The TRACIT & aduanaspanama Illicit Trade Summit this week reinforced the value of collaboration to strengthen border control in the Americas-key for #CITES
 
#TogetherAgainstWildlifeCrime

Forests are not just trees, but lifelines for climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation. By strengthening forest governance and management CITES aims to ensure these ecosystems continue to thrive, benefiting both people and nature.
#IntlForestDay

For #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate women's contributions to #wildlife conservation & sustainable & legal wildlife trade and commit ourselves to strengthen gender-aware & gender-responsive financing, research, programming, and monitoring at all levels
#IWD2024
#InvestInWomen

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay !

This #WWD2024 we will explore the diverse digital tools that enhance the conservation of our precious wild animals & plants. The survival of wildlife species depends on all of us.

Join us tomorrow webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k…

Congrats Japan for the new #RILO ! An honour to address&meet with customs admin from Asia&Pacific. Combatting #wildlifecrime firmly on the agenda & always awed by the commitment to disrupt criminal networks. Looking forward to more great things with new World Customs Organization SG Ian Saunders!

Don't forget to enter the 2024 World Wildlife Day Showcase! Priority submission deadline is Monday January 8th 2024. 🎞️

Learn more and enter: jacksonwild.org/digital-innova…

#WWD 2024 #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD 🦜📸

🚨 Recent seizures of CITES-listed species during #OperationThunder2023 :

🐘 313kg of elephant ivory
🪵 556.4 tonnes of timber
🐚 20,034kg of marine species

Learn about this major INTERPOL-World Customs Organization operation to stop timber & wildlife trafficking

➡️ cites.org/eng/news/opera…

I’m so happy & grateful to Germany Bundesumweltministerium for a 10M Euro contribution to continue the CITES Tree Species project! Under auspices of IKI Germany, it shows the link between conservation of CITES tree species & climate change actions. Nature-based solutions! cites-tsp.org

#CITESnews 🗞️ | One year after CoP19, the CITES Appendix listings for sharks and straw-headed bulbul have come into effect

Full article ➡️ cites.org/eng/news/delay…

🐠🌵100 Days until #WorldWildlifeDay 2024! 🌸🐘

Join us in celebrating wildlife under the #WWD2024 theme: 'Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation' 💻💡

Learn more➡️cites.org/eng/node/138561

📣Call for project proposals!

Research and academic institutions & non-profit organizations are encouraged to submit proposals for the

Interdisciplinary study on CITES and #forests 🌳🌲

Learn more ℹ️ cites.org/eng/node/138441

• CITES, a través de su Comité Permanente, decidió otorgar a #Ecuador un plazo de 120 días para tomar medidas a fin de garantizar la aplicación adecuada del Artículo IV, que se refiere a los dictámenes de extracción no perjudicial y dictámenes de adquisición legal de algunas

Day 4️⃣ of #CITESSC77 | Certificate of Commendation awarded to Europol by CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero for exemplary inter-agency coordination in targeting European eel trafficking 🤝🇪🇺

📰 Read our press release: cites.org/eng/news/cites…

📷IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth

Day 2️⃣ of #CITESSC77 | Recommendations for effective implementation of the Convention in the EU 🇪🇺 and UK 🇬🇧 adopted after a majority vote by the Standing Committee.

📹 Watch the proceedings: youtube.com/watch?v=3nnuV2…
💡 Learn about CITES & compliance: cites.org/eng/prog/compl…

Day 3️⃣ of #CITESSC77 | Making their way through a packed agenda, the Standing Committee heard recommendations on:

🐆 Seizure reporting on big #cats
🐘 Monitoring #elephant poaching
🪵 Stockpiling #timber

Coming up ⏭️ discussions on 🐢🦈🦍
Follow along: youtube.com/@CITES/live

'CITES is a convention with teeth.'

The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU @eu2023es, the European Commission European Commission and CITES S-G Ivonne Higuero on the importance of #partnerships for effective enforcement of the Convention at #CITESSC77 🇪🇸🇪🇺