CITES (Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species), also known as the Washington Convention, evolved from an
IUCN resolution in 1963. It is without
doubt the largest and longest standing conservation and sustainable use
agreement on this blighted planet of ours but has it really been of help to the
fauna and flora it was set up to protect? Its latest meeting is taking place in
Bangkok, Thailand now (3-15 March 2013),
amongst much acrimony, horse-trading and business as usual. Ve...
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