The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, often referred to as CITES (SIGH-teez), is an agreement between governments that regulates the international ...

The CITES CoP19 Parties voted in committee to list all 54 species of the requiem sharks and hammerhead sharks on CITES Appendix II. This news places nearly all shark species traded internationally ...

Appendix II, according to CITES, includes “species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but in which trade must be controlled in order to avoid utilisation incompatible with their survival.” ...

GENEVA — Nine animals received increased protections from international trade, and more than 130 species won protections for the first time at a two-week summit aimed at managing the ...

PANAMA CITY— Countries from around the globe voted at the CITES conference today to restrict trade in 21 U.S. turtle species. The decision was made at the 19th Conference of the Parties to the ...