Friday 14 November 2014

[wanabidii] CITES news items

CITES welcomes new Secretary General of INTERPOL and adoption of General Assembly resolution on Environmental Security
 
At the 83rd session of the ICPO-INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Monaco from 3 to 7 November 2014, Mr.Jürgen Stock was elected as the new INTERPOL Secretary General. The 55-year-old Vice-President of the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) took over from Mr. Ronald K. Noble of the United States of America, who stepped down after 14 years of service as INTERPOL Secretary General.
 
 
The European region met to discuss CITES-related plant issues
 
From 11 to 14 November the European Regional CITES Plants Meeting took place in Wageningen, the Netherlands. Forty-five participants from 18 countries, the European Commission and the CITES Secretariat met to discuss plant related issues and came up with recommendations for the meeting of the CITES Plants Committee and Standing Committee.
 
 
From the crime scene to the courtroom: ICCWC releases Guidelines on ivory
 
Elephant poaching remains at critical levels in Africa, and continues to exceed the natural elephant population growth rates. This rapidly growing transnational organized crime threatens national security, the rule of law, and economic and social development. The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) today released 'Guidelines on methods and procedures for ivory sampling and laboratory analysis' in support of the deployment of forensic technology to combat elephant poaching.
 
 
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