South Africa: SA's Proposals Adopted At Cites COP20

South Africa: SA's Proposals Adopted At Cites COP20

[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, has applauded the South African negotiating team for successfully securing the adoption of three proposals at the Twentieth Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - CITES COP20.

Celebrating Historic Wins for Wildlife at CITES CoP20!

I am recently back home after representing Born Free USA at the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES, where Born Free supported West African nations in advocating for the adoption of enhanced CITES protection for species increasingly imperiled by international trade. I am excited to announce that, in addition to new protections for shark and ray species, which we reported on last week, the CoP advanced protections for several other species Bo…