The latest Checklist of CITES Species, providing the official list of CITES species and resources, is now available on CD-ROM. The 2008 edition has been extensively revised and made more user-friendly, and is trilingual in English, French, and Spanish. The Checklist is only available as a CD and is no longer available in a print edition. This is a key resource for CITES authorities, customs officials, and others involved in implementing and enforcing CITES.
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You may also be interested in the CITES Handbook (2007)
What is CITES?
CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is a voluntary cooperative agreement by the world’s governments to monitor and control the international trade in wild animals and plants. This trade is significant, worth billions of dollars every year.
The CITES agreement aims to improve sustainability and avoid exploitation of resources, and to ensure continued survival in the wild. 28,000 plant species and 5,000 animal species, and the products made from those species, are protected by CITES with three levels of rankings based on the risk of exploitation or extinction.