Trade in wild plants and animals should be legal, traceable and sustainable
John Scanlon
Secretary-General of CITES
WCO News, World Customs Organisation, 63, October 2010
October 31, 2010
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known by its acronym CITES or ‘the Washington Convention’, is an international agreement between governments aimed at ensuring that the international trade in species of wild animals and plants does not put their survival at risk.
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