CITES opens
its 14th Conference of the Parties: Call of the Wild
The
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES)
opened its next triennial conference today at the World Forum
Convention Center in The Hague (Netherlands). The fourteenth
Conference of the Parties (CoP) will run from 3 to 15 June 2007
to decide how to improve the wildlife trade regime.
Among other issues, the participating
Governments will consider some
40 new proposals
for amending the rules for specific species. Many of these
proposals reflect growing international concern about the
accelerating destruction of the world’s marine and forest
resources through overfishing and excessive logging.
The UNCTAD
BioTrade Initiative has been working with CITES authorities to
facilitate the organisation and consolidation of value chains
for wildlife products, and the integration of actors into these
chains. BioTrade will therefore be hosting two side events at
the conference that will report on progress made and provide a
platform for discussions between the parties and the private
sector.
6 June 2007 − 17.30 - 19.00
Promoting
Private Sector Engagement in the Biodiversity-Related
Conventions, will present preliminary results of the discussions that
have taken place in a new network of secretariats of
biodiversity-related multilateral agreements.
7 June 2007 − 12.30 - 13.45
Making Trade
in CITES Species More Sustainable: Lessons from Uganda and
Bolivia, examples from the BioTrade National Programmes of
Uganda and Bolivia will illustrate the progress that has been
made in UNCTAD and CITES collaboration.
Each event will take place in the Yangtze
2 Room at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague
(Netherlands).
For more information on CITES CoP14, please click
here.
Photo: Opening ceremony (Source: CITES Secretariat)
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