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CARICOM, CITES Secretariats raise awareness, build capacity on wildlife conservation in Dominica and Grenada
Dominica and Grenada are now better equipped to manage and protect trade in wildlife following workshops the CARICOM Secretariat organised recently to ensure compliance with multilateral environmental agreements. The workshops provided technical support to develop national, legal framework and institutional guidelines to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to which all…
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Safeguarding endangered animals, plants in focus as CARICOM, CITES Secretariats facilitate workshop in Grenada
The CARICOM Secretariat co-facilitated a workshop in Grenada on 12 March that was aimed at helping to create legal frameworks and institutional guidelines to implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora. The CITES of Wild Fauna and Flora programme aims to safeguard endangered animals and plants from harmful international trade, thus ensuring…
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CARICOM and CITES Secretariats join forces in support of Caribbean Parties’ efforts to improve wildlife trade controls
On June 15, the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held a workshop on eCITES permit management in support of the implementation of the Convention in the Caribbean region. The workshop aimed to raise awareness of the potential benefits of automated permitting…
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