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Proposals for World Wildlife Conference open for comments: CITES

Xinhua, May 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Member states and intergovernmental bodies are invited to give their comments on the proposals for this year's World Wildlife Conference, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) said on Monday.

A record 175 documents proposing new measures and policies on international trade in wild fauna and flora were submitted for consideration at the World Wildlife Conference this year, or CITES' 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

Among these documents, 60 are proposals to amend the lists of species subject to CITES trade controls.

The conference will be held from Sept. 24 to Oct. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

"The agenda addresses a vast array of issues, including bringing new species under CITES trade controls, changing the current status of existing CITES-listed species, supporting legal and sustainable wildlife trade as well as a broad range of measures to tackle illicit wildlife trafficking," said the body's Secretary General John E. Scanlon.

With 182 Parties, CITES remains one of the world's most powerful tools for wildlife conservation through the regulation of trade. Enditem