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COP18 highlighted the increasing pressures on CITES as an instrument to counter the rising scale of biodiversity loss, as parties struggled to address stresses other than trade on wildlife populations, including habitat loss, disease outbreaks, and human-wildlife conflict. These are issues CITES is not designed to regulate but must consider when considering what “sustainable use” of endangered species means.
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Summary report 17–28 August 2019
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11th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP11)
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2nd Joint Meeting of the CITES Animals and Plants Committees
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10th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee and 16th Meeting of the Animals Committee
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18th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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12th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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12th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP12)
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13th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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19th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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14th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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20th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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13th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP13)
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15th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 21st Meeting of the Animals Committee
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16th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 22nd Meeting of the Animals Committee
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54th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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14th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP14)
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17th Meeting of the Plants Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 23rd Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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57th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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18th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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24th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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58th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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15th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP15)
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19th Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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25th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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61st Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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26th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 20th Meeting of the Plants Committee
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62nd Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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16th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CoP16)
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65th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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28th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee
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22nd Meeting of the CITES Plants Committee
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66th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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17th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP17)
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29th Meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, Joint Meeting of the Animals and Plants Committees, and 23rd Meeting of the Plants Committee
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69th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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70th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
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18th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP18)
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73rd Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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74th Meeting of the CITES Standing Committee
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19th Meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CITES CoP19)
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