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    CITES is an international agreement between governments to ensure the international trade of endangered plants and animals does not threaten their survival. It classifies over 5,600 animal and 30,000 plant species into three appendices based on extinction risk, and regulates trade accordingly. The Conference of Parties meets every two to three years to review species listings and make decisions.

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    CITES is an international agreement between governments to ensure the international trade of endangered plants and animals does not threaten their survival. It classifies over 5,600 animal and 30,000 plant species into three appendices based on extinction risk, and regulates trade accordingly. The Conference of Parties meets every two to three years to review species listings and make decisions.

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    CITES - Convention on International Trade in Endangered

    Species of Wild Flora & Fauna


    The full form of CITES is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
    Fauna and Flora. CITES is an international agreement between governments with the objective
    of the preservation of the planet’s plants and animals by ensuring that the international trade in
    their specimens does not threaten their survival. It was adopted in 1963 and entered into force in
    1975.

    What is CITES?
    CITES was conceptualised in 1963 at a meeting of the (IUCN) International Union For Conservation Of
    Nature.

     It came into force in 1975 and consists of 183 member-countries till date that abide by CITES
    regulations by implementing legislation within their own borders to enforce those regulations.
     Located in Geneva, Switzerland, the CITES is administered by the United Nations under its UNEP
    (United Nations Environment Programme) Wing.
     The Convention of Parties to CITES is the supreme decision-making body of the Convention and
    comprises all its Parties.
     The last CoP (17th) was held at Johannesburg (South Africa), in 2016. India hosted CoP (3rd) in 1981.
     Although CITES is legally binding on the Parties, it does not take the place of national laws.
     Rather, it provides a framework to be respected by each Party, which has to adopt its own domestic
    legislation to ensure that CITES is implemented at the national level.

    CITES Classification or CITES Appendix


    CITES classifies plants and animals into three categories, based on how threatened they are.

     Roughly 5,600 species of animals and 30,000 species of plants are protected by CITES against over-
    exploitation through international trade.
    They are listed under the three CITES Appendices that are mentioned below:

    Appendix Description

    CITES Appendix-I  Species that are in danger of extinction


     Commercial trade is prohibited.
     Permits are required for import and export.
     Trade permitted just for research only if the origin country ensures the trade won’t harm the s

    CITES Appendix-II  Species that aren’t facing imminent extinction but need monitoring so that any trade doesn’t
     Trade permits obtained legally and only if the origin country ensures that its harvesting and tra
    CITES Appendix-  Species that are protected in at least one country.
    III  Regulations for these species vary, but typically the country that requested the listing can issue
    certificate of origin.

     Species may be added to or removed from Appendix I and II, or moved between them, only by the
    Conference of the Parties.
     However, species may be added to or removed from Appendix III at any time and by any Party
    unilaterally.

    Structure of CITES
    The following image from the CITES official website ( https://www.cites.org/) gives the structure:

    CITES COP
    The Conference of the Parties (COP) meet every two to three years. The latest COP was CITES COP18 that
    took place in August 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. CITES COP3 took place in India in 1981 in New Delhi.

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