By Alex Dale, 5 Oct 2016
From 24 September to 5 October
2016, government representatives from around the world descended upon
Johannesburg, South Africa, for a vital wildlife conference that will help
secure the future of hundreds of species threatened by the demands of
international trade.
The 17th Conference of the
Parties (CoP17) was the latest meeting between the 183 countries (or ‘Parties’)
across the globe that are voluntarily bound by CITES (the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). CITES is an
international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that the
international trade of plants and animals, for any use, won’t endanger the
long-term survival of the species. BirdLife International recognises the
important role CITES plays in combatting the threat posed by the wild bird
trade and our Partners around the world lobby for better domestic protection of
birds and implementation of CITES. You can read more about the work BirdLife
does with CITES here.
CoP17 was the first such meeting
since 2013, and it was described as a ‘make or break’ conference for several
globally threatened species in need of greater protection. Below are some of
the headlines from the summit.
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