Reliving the joys of CITES
My mind keeps dancing back to ten momentous days in September/October last year, when the world came together in Johannesburg, South Africa to figure out how best to look after trade in endangered species. So much got done and so much remains to be done. The conference in Johannesburg was really all about helping guide the 182 countries that are members of CITES to take active measures for conservation. Sarah Foster and I were part of the powerful IUCN delegation, providing the technical information that might influence countries’ decisions.… Read more