C.I.T.E.S.

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. C.I.T.E.S. The International wildlife trade, worth billions of dollars annually, has caused massive declines in the numbers of many species of animals and plants. The extent of the decline because of the trade aroused so much concern for the survival of species that an international treaty was drawn up in 1973 to protect wildlife against over-exploitation and also to prevent international trade from threatening species …

…is a need for a ban on ivory and elephant products. At the moment elephant populations are slowly increasing, however in the long term it is up to the C.I.T.E.S. member country signatories to hold their nerve against pressure from the pro-trade lobby and to listen to game scouts who work in the field policing the ban, individuals who risk their lives on the front line of the war against poaching.