The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and IUCN, International Union for Conservation
of Nature have signed an agreement to strengthen the cooperation
between the two organisations in minimising the illegal killing of and related
illegal trade in elephants and other CITES-listed flagship species in
Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific region.
The agreement has been signed in the context of the project known as MIKES
(Minimizing the Illegal Killing of Elephants and other Endangered Species),
funded by the European Union.
Speaking following the signing ceremony, John E. Scanlon, the
Secretary-General of CITES, said, “This enhanced collaboration between
IUCN and the CITES Secretariat draws upon the comparative advantage of both
organisations in advancing our collective efforts to minimise the escalating
poaching of, and growing illegal trade in, elephants, as well as to protect
other CITES-listed flagship species, such as rhinos, great apes and marine
turtles. Through this enhanced collaboration, CITES will benefit from IUCN’s
presence on the ground in African elephant range States, as well as in the
Caribbean and the Pacific, in stepping up efforts to minimise the illegal
killing of these flagship species.”
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