| A.
International |
|
Secretariat
for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of wild fauna and flora (CITES)
|
|
CITES
Member Countries |
| World
Conservation Union (IUCN) |
| Species
Survival Commission |
| Defenders
of Wildlife |
TRAFFIC
The joint wildlife trade monitoring programme of WWF-World Wide
Fund For Nature and IUCN-The World Conservation Union.
Works in Cooperation with CITES. |
| UNEP
Conservation Monitoring Centre |
|
American
Society of International Law: Wildlife Interest Group
Links to International
Reports and Plans of Action, Judicial Bodies, Treaties/Soft Law
Agreements, Conference Resolutions, and National/Regional Wildlife
Legislation
|
| Interpol |
| World
Customs Organization |
| Illegal
Logging News, Events, and Current Research |
International
Environmental Law and Policy: A Comprehensive Reference Source
Extensive listing of International Wildlife and Biodiversity Treaties |
| B.
Americas |
Canada
Customs and Revenue Agency
Report of compliance and CITES |
| Canada
Wildlife Service - Laws, Regulations, Enforcement |
| US
Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Endangered Species - International
Trade |
|
|
CITES
Compliance information |
|
|
Import/Export
permitting page |
| C.
Asia and Pacific |
| Australia
- Department of the Environment and Heritage |
| D.
Africa |
| TRAFFIC
Publication: Nature conservation legislation reviewed in South Africa
(2001) |
| Massai
Environmental Resources Coalition (Kenya and Tanzania) |
| E.
Europe |
| The
European Community and Wildlife Trade |
| The
European Community CITES Enforcement Group |
| The
European Commission - Wildlife Trade in the EU |
| The
Control of Trade in Endangered Species (Enforcement) Regulations 1997
(United Kingdom) |
| Enforcement
- Partnership For Action Against Wildlife Crime (United Kingdom) |
| European
Commission - Wildlife Trade Legislation |
| Europol
- The European Union law enforcement body |
| |
| F. Publications |
Policing
International Trade in Endangered Species: The CITES Treaty and Compliance
This book presents
a definitive study of the CITES compliance system, a self-policing
system which relies heavily on recommended trade suspensions to deal
with non-compliance and concludes that trade suspensions are effective,
but identifies several weaknesses in the system. Available
from Earthscan. |
Traffic/IIED
Report: Making a Killing or Making a Living: Wildlife trade, trade
controls and rural livelihoods
The
report examines the contribution of the wildlife trade to rural livelihoods
with a specific note to the impacts of trade controls linked to the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES). Available
online from Traffic. |
State
of the World's Fisheries and Aquaculture 2002
The State
of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) is the FAO Fisheries
Department’s premier advocacy document. It is published every
two years with the purpose of providing policy-makers, civil society
and those who derive their livelihood from the sector a comprehensive,
objective and global view of capture fisheries and aquaculture, including
associated policy issues. (from IISD) |
