International Wildlife Trade: A Cites Sourcebook

Ginette Hemley

Island Press, Apr 10, 2013 - Business & Economics - 178 pages

For more than two decades, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, has been one of the largest and most effective conservation agreements in the world. By regulating international commerce in certain species -- from African elephants and exotic birds to hardwoods and bulbs -- the treaty limits trade in species that are in genuine need of protection while allowing controlled trade in species that can withstand some level of exploitation.

In addition to explaining how CITES operates, this definitive reference includes:

• the full text of the CITES treaty
• CITES Appendices I, II, and III
• a list of Parties as of March 1994
• a list of reservations by Parties as of October 1993

Chapters address the status of highly threatened species such as elephants, rhinos, and tigers as well as other heavily exploited species including parrots, primates, and bears.

International Wildlife Trade provides a valuable overview of wildlife trade issues, and of the strengths and weaknesses of the current treaty.

About the author

World Wildlife Fund is the largest private US conservation organization that works worldwide to conserve nature. WWF programs aim to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of ecological systems by protecting natural areas and wildlife populations, promoting sustainable use of natural resources, and promoting more efficient resource and energy use and the maximum reduction of pollution. WWF is affiliated with the international WWF network, which has national organizations, associates, or representatives in nearly 40 countries. In the United States, WWF has more than 1 million members.

Bibliographic information

• Title: International Wildlife Trade: A Cites Sourcebook
• Editor: Ginette Hemley
• Contributor: Kathryn Fuller
• Publisher: Island Press, 2013
• ISBN: 1610912802, 9781610912808
• Length: 178 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Green Business; Nature / Animals / Wildlife; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection