Tag: London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

24th October 2018 Guatemala City, Guatemala

Her Majesty’s Ambassador for Guatemala

Of turtles and (the illegal wildlife) trade

I spent last weekend on the Pacific coast of Guatemala, in the rain. Rain, however, is what you need if you want to see one of nature’s most amazing spectacles – a female turtle coming ashore in the blackness of the night to dig a hole in the sand and lay 40 – 60 eggs. […]

3rd March 2014 Toronto, Canada

by John Preece

3 March: World Wildlife Day

3 March 2014 is the first World Wildlife Day, proclaimed by the United Nations late last year to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES is a multilateral treaty designed to prevent the trade in plants and animals (or animal parts) from endangering […]