Amazon Governments Agree to Cooperate on E-Permitting for CITES [viewed]
30 October 2011: A Regional Meeting on Electronic Information Management and Permitting under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) agreed on the desirability of promoting regional cooperation among CITES and customs authorities on implementing e-permitting going forward, with help from the Secretariats of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and CITES, and the World Customs Organization.
8 November 2011: In a statement during the 41st meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council, John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES), highlighted benefits that could result if the GEF were the Convention's financial mechanism.
21 September 2011: A Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) was signed between the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and 27 international agencies, organizations and environmental conventions, aiming to achieve and implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets.
16 September 2011: The Liaison Group of the Biodiversity-related Conventions has adopted and signed the Group's Modus Operandi. This agreement will be sent to the Conferences of the Parties (COPs) of the respective members.
August 2011: The official launch of the UN Decade on Biodiversity for Europe was held on 18 August 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland, in conjunction with the 61st meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
2 September 2011: At the request of the 61st meeting of the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the CITES Secretariat has published the draft joint Action Plan of the CITES/Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Secretariats.
29 August 2011: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has issued a request for tenders in relation to a decision-making mechanism for a process of trade in ivory.
