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CITES is an international agreement that aims to ensure that trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Learn more about CITES, its history, its objectives, and its activities, such as reporting on illegal trade, providing guidelines for source codes, and maintaining a trade database.
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is a global treaty to ensure international trade in wild plants and animals is legal, traceable, and biologically sustainable.
CITES
CITES is the short name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, a treaty that regulates the global trade of wildlife and plants. On this webpage, you can access the full text of the Convention, its appendices, resolutions, and amendments. Find out how CITES works to protect biodiversity and ensure sustainable use of natural resources.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) protects more than 41,000 species of animals and plants to ensure that international trade is legal and biologically sustainable.
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.
