CITES Conference at The Hague

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)

Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties
The Hague (Netherlands), 3-15 June 2007

http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/index.shtml

CITES conference to impact music, food and jewelry industries
Wood species used for violin bows, shark species featured in British fish and chip meals and coral species exploited for jewelry rank high on the CITES conference agenda for international trade controls in endangered species, opening on Sunday. http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/06/01_pr_cites.htm

CITES trade controls should not increase poverty
http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2007/05/30_cites.htm

More IUCN information about CITES
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/our_work/wildlife_trade/citescop14/cites_2007.htm

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) http://www.cites.org

Please also see:

A Suggestion for The Netherlands, from ir. C. de Neeff
http://www.unobserver.com/index.php?pagina=layout5.php&id=3549&blz=1