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CITES Plenipotentiary Conference, Washington, D.C., March 1973.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora, known as CITES or the Washington Convention, was signed in Washington,
D.C., the United States of America, on 3 March 1973 and entered into force
on 1 July 1975. Today almost all countries in the world are Parties to this international
legally binding agreement.
CITES aims to ensure that international trade in wild animals and plants is legal,
sustainable and traceable, and does not threaten the survival of the species in the
wild. It reflects all three dimensions of sustainable development - social, economic
and ecological – and contributes to the achievement of Sustainable Development
Goals through People, Planet, Prosperity, and Partnership.
CITES regulates international trade in specimens of species of wild fauna and flora
based on a system of permits and certificates issued under certain conditions.
It covers export, re-export, import and landing from the high seas of live and dead
animals and plants and their parts and derivatives.
CITES CoP17, Johannesburg, October 2016.
