CITES at Its Best: CoP16 as a 'watershed moment' for the world's wildlife

Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-227

  Scanlon, John E ^a  

^a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; CITES; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84940225545     PISSN: 20500386     EISSN: 20500394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/reel.12040     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Conference Takes Decisive Action to Halt Decline of Tropical Timber, Sharks, Manta Rays and a Wide Range of Other Plants and Animals' (14 March 2013), found at:
2. CITES Press Release, 'New Rules for International Trade in Timber, Marine and Other Wild Animals and Plants Come into Force' (14 June 2013), found at: .
3. J.E. Scanlon, 'CITES: From Stockholm '72 to Rio+20-Back to the Future', IISD Sustainable Development Policy and Practice (6 July 2012), found at:
4. See .
5. CITES, Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (CoP16 Doc. 53.1, 2013), found at:
6. CITES, Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (CoP16 Doc. 53.1 Addendum, 2013), found at: .
7. CITES, ETIS Report of TRAFFIC (CoP16 Doc. 53.2.2 (Rev.1), 2013), found at: .
8. Rhinoceroses, Report of the Secretariat (CoP16 Doc. 54.2 (Rev.1), found at: .
9. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Secretary-General Welcomes Adoption of UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Draft Resolution Recognizing Wildlife Crime as a Serious Crime' (26 April 2013), found at:
10. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Welcomes the APEC 2012 Vladivostok Declaration' (12 September 2012), found at:
11. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Secretariat Welcomes President Obama's Executive Order on Combating Wildlife Trafficking' (2 July 2013), found at: .
12. See .
13. CITES, Chair's Summary of Roundtable on Combating Transnational Organized Wildlife and Forest Crime for Ministers and Highlevel Representatives (CoP16 Inf. 54, 2013), found at: .
14. CITES Press Release, 'First Global Meeting of Wildlife Enforcement Networks Highlights Importance of Cross-border Cooperation to Combat Transnational Organized Wildlife and Forest Crime' (7 March 2013), found at: .
15. Complementary decisions were also taken by the CITES Standing Committee at its 64th Meeting, held at the end of CoP16. See .
16. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Secretary-General Welcomes Adoption of UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Draft Resolution Recognizing Wildlife Crime as a Serious Crime' (26 April 2013), found at: .
17. CITES Press Release, 'CITES Secretary-General Welcomes UN Tourism and Crime Agencies Call on Travelers to Play a Role in Reducing Demand for Illicit Goods Including Illegal Wildlife Products' (8 April 2013), found at: .
18. African Development Bank, 'AfDB and WWF Call for Urgent Action to Combat Wildlife Crime' (30 May 2013), found at: .
19. See .
20. CITES Press Release, 'Remarks by CITES Secretary-General Mr John E. Scanlon' (13 February 2013), found at: .