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- 18 June 2013: Safari park backs bid to save elephants
- 17 June 2013: Over 30 wild animals seized from HDB flat
- 16 June 2013: DENR to crush seized elephant tusks, drops ceremonial burning
- 16 June 2013: Sustainable Asset Management and UAE Ambassador Tours Sustainable Agarwood Plantations
- 16 June 2013: DENR to crush seized elephant tusks, drops ceremonial burning
- 16 June 2013: Sustainable Asset Management and UAE Ambassador Tours Sustainable Agarwood Plantations
- 15 June 2013: Ecuador Arrests 7 Tourists Attempting to Smuggle 1,300 Sea Cucumbers
- 14 June 2013: Rare Whale Shark species caught, cut and sold
- 14 June 2013: USDA Eases Effect of Lacey Act on Musical Instruments
- 13 June 2013: Fish Smuggler Faces Up to 20 Years
- 12 June 2013: International Protection for Siam Rosewood Begins Tomorrow
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CITES at work
News and highlights
- 14 June: New rules for international trade in timber, marine and other wild animals and plants come into force
- 6 June: CITES addresses WTO Committee on Trade and Environment
- 31 May: UN Security Council urges regional cooperation to tackle Lord's Resistance Army threat, including alleged involvement in elephant poaching and related illicit smuggling
- 23 May: UN Secretary-General's report on Central Africa links illegal ivory trade to the Lord's Resistance Army
- 21 May: Royal efforts to support fight against illegal wildlife trafficking
- 17 May: Eight countries submit national action plans to combat illegal trade in elephant ivory
- 14 May: CITES Secretary-General's keynote address to the WCO IT Conference & Exhibition: Effective Solutions for Coordinated Border Management
- 14 May: CITES promotes effective solutions for coordinated border controls of wildlife and its products at World Customs Organization Conference
- 10 May: CITES at 40 Marks a Major Decision Point for Sharks, Trees, Snakes, Turtles and other Wildlife Species
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Notifications to the Parties
- 18 June 2013: Registration of operations that breed Appendix-I animal species in captivity for commercial purposes
Annex - 14 June 2013: Trade in specimens of species and stocks of whales protected by the International Whaling Commission
- 10 June 2013: Request for information on planned and ongoing capacity-building activities on CITES-listed shark species
- 29 May 2013: New CITES Appendices in effect after the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties Annex
- 24 May 2013: HONDURAS - Security stamps
- 17 May 2013: LESOTHO - Recommendation to suspend trade for non-submission of annual reports
- 17 May 2013: DJIBOUTI - Recommendation to suspend trade for non-submission of annual reports
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CITES calendar
- 12 June: Meeting on the preliminary report of the CITES-UNCTAD co-commission of scoping study on the traceability systems for Southeast Asian python skins, Geneva, Switzerland
- 18 June: Workshop on enhancing implementation and coordination of the Saiga Antelope Memorandum of Understanding, Astana, Kazakhstan
- 16-18 July: ITTO-CITES workshop for Central America and Mexico on implementing CITES for tropical tree species, Antigua, Guatemala
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