Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today around the world and my colleagues in the Secretariat - warm wishes for happiness, prosperity and, especially, peace for all.

Colombia 🇨🇴 | Se llevó a cabo el taller sobre reglamentación de la pesca incidental de #tiburones , #rayas y #quimeras , gracias al compromiso de autoridades como
#CITES , #UNODC y MinAmbiente Colombia en la protección de nuestra biodiversidad
marina.🦈

#ConservaciónMarinal

CITES Secretariat receives Asia-Pacific #TradeFacilitation Forum 2024 Innovation Award for Electronic CITES Permitting Systems ( #eCITES )🎉🌏

Discover eCITES: cites.org/eng/news/sg-st…

Learn about trade #digitalization at the online #APTFF 2024 this week: unescap.org/events/2024/as…

#PressRelease | First-ever CITES workshop on the #transport of live specimens held online to

💡 share best practices
✈️ make IATA regulations more accessible
📄 further the effective use of #CITES guidelines

Summary + recording available ⏯️ cites.org/eng/news/trans…

CITES Secretariat receives Asia-Pacific #TradeFacilitation Forum 2024 Innovation Award for Electronic CITES Permitting Systems ( #eCITES )🎉🌏

Discover eCITES: cites.org/eng/news/sg-st…

Learn about trade #digitalization at the online #APTFF 2024 this week: unescap.org/events/2024/as…

📣 Renewed global commitment to safeguarding #globalhealth while preserving #biodiversity 🩺🌱

This month World Organisation for Animal Health and CITES signed a landmark agreement aimed at reducing the risks of zoonotic disease emergence associated with int'l wildlife trade ⤵️ cites.org/eng/news/cites…

Combating #wildlifecrime  is a global imperative for a sustainable & biodiverse planet
The TRACIT & aduanaspanama Illicit Trade Summit this week reinforced the value of collaboration to strengthen border control in the Americas-key for #CITES
 
#TogetherAgainstWildlifeCrime

In the fight against #climatechange & #biodiversity loss, conserving & restoring our #forests is essential, as they are also home to

🌲 80% of terrestrial biodiversity
🌴 1.6 bn people's livelihoods
🌳 2.4 bn tonnes of annual carbon storage

#IntlForestDay #GenerationRestoration

Forests are not just trees, but lifelines for climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and biodiversity conservation. By strengthening forest governance and management CITES aims to ensure these ecosystems continue to thrive, benefiting both people and nature.
#IntlForestDay

Forests offer a plethora of ecological, economic, social and health benefits but each year the world loses 10 million hectares of forests due to deforestation 🌳🥀

This #IntlForestDay , explore the many benefits of forests in this 📽️

#HappeningNow !

CITES Online Workshop on the Transport of Live Specimens ✈️🌸🐟

📺 Watch live on the CITES YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/@CITES/live 👀

Session 1️⃣ (13:00-15:00 CET)
Session 2️⃣ (16:00-18:00 CET)

Today is Intl Forest Day!🌲

At the CITES Timber Task Force supported by #ICCWC , 34 countries met to collaborate & share knowledge to strengthen responses to illegal timber trade.

📄Read the outcomes here: bit.ly/4crLcnq

#IntlForestDay #TogetherAgainstWildlifeCrime

TODAY! The #CITES Online Workshop on Transport of Live Specimens will explore, among other key areas:

✈️ compliance with @‌IATA regulations
🛡️ biosecurity
🐾confiscated wildlife care

📺 Watch live (21 March, 13:00-18:00 CET): youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Inspired women inspire women ✨

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to women & girls everywhere, and a special thanks to the women who inspired us on #WorldWildlifeDay and are leading the way in #digitalinnovation for #wildlifeconservation . 🐢🌸🛜

#IWD2024 #ConnectingPeopleAndPlanet

Happy #InternationalWomensDay

✔️Watch yesterday's #MinamataOnline video on mainstreaming gender in capacity-building projects: youtube.com/watch?v=Hit_Cu…

✔️Visit our website to know more about our work to #InspireInclusion & #MakeMercuryHistory : bit.ly/MinamataGender

#IWD2024

On this International Women's Day, meet our inaugural cohort of twelve inspiring Women Change Makers, recognized for their dedication to conserving wetlands. Inspired by this year's theme, we celebrate their indispensable role.

ramsar.org/our-work/activ…

#IWD2024 #WomenAndWetlands

On #WomensDay learn more about gender roles in crimes that affect the environment 👉shorturl.at/asBQ3.
Solutions to #endENVcrime must be gender sensitive and inclusive. #SDG5

Congrats to this year's IFAW #WorldWildlifeDay2024 Youth Art Contest! 🎨🌏

Isaac (age 4 - left) and Sangeun (age 18 - right) captured hearts and minds with their winning pieces in the traditional and digital art categories this year 🎉

Learn more⏩ wildlifeday.org/en/press-relea…

For #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate women's contributions to #wildlife conservation & sustainable & legal wildlife trade and commit ourselves to strengthen gender-aware & gender-responsive financing, research, programming, and monitoring at all levels
#IWD2024
#InvestInWomen

📣 Calling all #CITES Parties & Observers!

Join Singapore's effort to establish CITES Global Youth Network ( #CGYN ) and nominate youth leaders for the upcoming CITES #Youth Leadership Programme 2024 in April 🌍🌱🐸

Nominate by March 10! ✅ cites.org/sites/default/…