IUCN TRAFFIC Analyses available online for CITES Conference of Parties 16

TRAFFIC and IUCN have now analysed 71 upcoming proposals for the 16th CITES Conference of Parties to be held in Bangkok in Thailand from 3 to 14 March, 2013. TRAFFIC has also made  recommendations that include those relevant for Indian species such as Agarwood, Grey Junglefowl, Chitra spp turtles, African Elephants, several species of sharks and rays. The IUCN TRAFFIC analyses can be seen online here : http://www.traffic.org/cop16/

Updates on other important CITES issues can be seen on the CITES home page : http://www.cites.org/