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Regulating international trade in wild fauna and flora: An analysis of CITES terminology

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Background: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival.It achieves this by subjecting, and if necessary, suspending, international trade in listed species to certain controls and regulations.The effective implementation of the Convention relies on the coordination and consistency of countries worldwide in terms of terminology comprehension, law enforcement, data collection and statistics, and policy formulation.However, due to legacy issues at the time of CITES's signing, United Nations' languages such as Chinese, Russian and Arabic are not working languages of CITES.Despite China's four-decade implementation of CITES, with Chinese CITES authorities having translated the Convention text and other valid documents into Chinese for domestic dissemination, China's participation in the formulation and implementation of regulations for international trade in wild fauna and flora •保护与治理对策• 战略生物资源专题
Authors: Li Motong, He Tuo, Li Wei, Liao Jing, Zeng Yan, 6 Endangered Species Scientific Commission, P. R. C., Beijing 100101, China
Language: English
Open Access status: bronze
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