It is a convention created to
protect endangered species that was signed in Washington in March 1973
by members of the World Union for the Defense of the Environment (IUCN).
The full name is the Convention
on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna. También se conoce con el nombre de CITES. It is also known as CITES.
How it works
This agreement seeks to
ensure that the international trade in species of wild flora and fauna does not
threaten the survival of these species in their natural environment.
CITES is responsible
for carrying out controls on trade in specimens of flora and fauna. Because of this, for the
marketing of these species requires some licenses and certificates of
authenticity. This body comprises
are:
· Management
Authorities: who are responsible for issuing licenses for authenticity.
· Scientific
Authorities: which are responsible for advising on the status of the species.
Member
Countries
At present CITES is composed
of 172 countries on five continents including for example Spain, China,
Australia, Argentina and the Ivory Coast.
To join this convention
countries should abide by the provisions of CITES. At that time are affixed
by writing a letter to be sent to the headquarters.
Member countries may fail to
do so at any time through a complaint process. Although they have renounced can return to be
admitted as was the case in the United Arab Emirates.
Species
controlled
The number of species
protected by CITES comprises approximately 5,000 animal species and 28,000
species of wild flora.
The species controlled by
the CITES and therefore, which puts greater vigilance in their marketing, are
divided into three appendices:
· Appendix I includes all those species
that are threatened with extinction.
· Appendix II is formed by species that are
not endangered but with its marketing might endanger their survival.
· Appendix III: here are animals that are
endangered in a given country, which has asked the rest of you members of CITES
their collaboration.
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