Organisation Accords multilatéraux sur l'environnement
Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d’extinction | CITES
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Maison Internationale de l’Environnement I
Chemin des Anémones 15
1219 Châtelaine-Genève
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c/o Palais des Nations
1211 Genève 10
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+41 22 917 8139 / 40
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between governments.
Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Because the trade in wild animals and plants crosses borders between countries, the effort to regulate it requires international cooperation to safeguard certain species from over-exploitation. CITES was conceived in the spirit of such cooperation. Today, it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 37,000 species of animals and plants, whether they are traded as live specimens, fur coats or dried herbs.
CITES was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of IUCN (The World Conservation Union). The text of the Convention was finally agreed at a meeting of representatives of 80 countries in Washington, D.C., the United States of America, on 3 March 1973, and on 1 July 1975 CITES entered in force.
Experts
Ben Janse van Rensburg
Ben Janse van Rensburg is the Chief of the Enforcement Unit at CITES.
David Morgan
David Morgan is the Chief of the Science Unit at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Dejana Radisavljevic
Dejana Radisavljevic is a Research Assistant to the Scientific Services Team at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Hélène Gandois
Hélène Gandois is the Programme and Documentation Officer at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Hyeon Jeong Kim
Hyeong Jeong Kim is an Associate Scientific Support Officer to the Science Unit of the Convention to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Isabel Camarena Osorno
Isabel Camarena Osorno is a Scientific Support Officer at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Ivonne Higuero
Ivonne Higuero is the Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Juan Carlos Vasquez
Juan Carlos Vasquez is the Chief of Legal Affairs and Compliance at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Karen Gaynor
Karen Gaynor is a Scientific Support Officer at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Rachel Gaughan
Rachel Gaughan is a consultant in the Legal Unit of the CITES Secretariat.
Sofie H. Flensborg
Sofie H. Flensborg is a Programme Officer in the Outreach and Projects Unit of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Thea Caroll
Thea Caroll is the Coordinator of CITES MIKE (Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants).Emplois