CITES
Endangered species agreement
CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, a 1973 treaty regulating cross-border commerce in wildlife and plants to prevent exploitation that threatens survival.
Species listed under CITES receive varying levels of protection: Ivory trade is banned under CITES, The reptile dealer needed CITES permits.
Agreed standard of behavior
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- tradeExchange of commodities
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
agreement · treaty · regulation · compliance · enforcement · legislation · customs · signatory
Animal life collectively
- floraPlants of a region
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
ivory · rhino · tiger · pangolin · exotic · specimen · bushmeat · tusk
Guarding against harm
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
sustainability · ecosystem · sanctuary · reserve · conservancy · population · recovery · reintroduction
convention
Agreed standard of behavior
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- tradeExchange of commodities
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
species · agreement · treaty · regulation · compliance · enforcement · legislation · customs · signatory · ratification
fauna
Animal life collectively
trafficking · ivory · rhino · tiger · pangolin · exotic · specimen · bushmeat · tusk · horn
protection
Guarding against harm
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
extinction · sustainability · ecosystem · sanctuary · reserve · conservancy · population · recovery · reintroduction · breeding
Law conserving threatened wildlife
local ordinances · state regulations · bilateral agreement · bilateral agreements
CITESwildlife trafficking
Illicit trade in animals
poaching · ivory trade · overharvesting · extinction · commercial whaling
- works citedList of sources used
- traffic citationsWritten notices for violations
- citation neededRequest for verification
- in-text citationSource acknowledgment within prose
- legal citationReference to judicial authority
- source citationsDocumented origin references
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