29 June 2011: Senior Customs officers and authorities responsible for implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) met to discuss the transition from paper to electronic permitting (e-permitting) systems, and laid out a road map to develop joint funding proposals to assist in the development of national and regional CITES e-permitting systems.
24 June 2011: Participants at the 9th International Conference on Environmental Compliance and Enforcement identified new actions to promote enforcement cooperation to combat environmental crime and support the shift to sustainable development and a green economy. The theme of this year's conference was "Enforcement Cooperation: Strengthening Environmental Governance."
The Steering Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Programme for Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) is being organized as part of a series of meetings by CITES and the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).
This joint meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)-Programme for Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) is one of a series of meeting focusing on Elephants in Niger in June. It is preceded by the second Meeting of the CMS West African Elephant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and followed by the MIKE Steering Committee meeting.
15 June 2011: Over 50 officials gathered for a training course in wildlife law enforcement and control of trade related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Training topics included wildlife law; border control; smuggling concealment detection; wildlife shipment inspections; and the undertaking of controlled deliveries.
14 June 2011: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), together with 17 multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), has launched a new webportal, titled "InforMEA," that draws information from the MEAs' individual websites to permit a user to search for information related to decisions and resolutions, news and events, meeting calendars, and national focal points across all of the participating MEAs.
10 June 2011: A joint meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Liaison Group on Bushmeat and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Central Africa Bushmeat Working Group concluded that classic approaches and international efforts are not reversing the growing bushmeat trade, and adopted a set of recommendations to the international community.
7 June 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has announced the launch of the CITES Virtual College, a portal to training, educational materials and expertise related to the Convention. The Virtual College is the first such portal for a multilateral environmental agreement (MEA).
This meeting is organized by the UN Environment Programme, with the participation of representatives from many multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). The new webportal "InforMEA" will be launched during the meeting, among other agenda items.
24 May 2011: The Ivory and Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) met at UN Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Gigiri, Kenya, from 17-19 May 2011, to discuss urgent actions against crimes targeting elephants and rhinos.
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