KATHMANDU, July 14: Nepal has bagged an international award for achieving full success in controlling poaching of rare wildlife consistently for two years.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat awarded Nepal with a certificate for
ABU DHABI: The UAE Ministry of Environment and Water, MoEW, has participated in the 65th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), which concluded recently in Geneva, Switzerland. The delegation from the UAE was
China has for the first time admitted that it permits trade in skins from captive tigers, participants and officials at a meeting of an international convention to protect endangered species have said. They say Chinese authorities had never before reported this. “We don’t not ban trade in tiger
HELAMBU, Sindhupalchowk, Nepal, July 8 : Despite government´s attempts to clamp down on poaching, illegal hunting of endangered animals is on the rise in some highland forests under the coverage of Langtang National Park over the recent weeks, accordingly to the local residents.
Poaching activi
Geneva, 4 July 2014– The European Commission and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) signed this week a EUR 12 million agreement to minimise the poaching of flagship species in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The pro
