Audio: New CITES head on next COP, reining in online wildlife trafficking, and more

Mongabay
Jun 25, 2019, 11:35 am132 pts
On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast we speak with Ivonne Higuero, secretary general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora — better known by its acronym, CITES. Listen here: Just about every country on Earth has signed on to CITES, a multilateral treaty…

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