Balisage

Press release CITES CoP20 n°7

Enhanced protection for dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas)
The proposal by Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Tunisia to list dorcas gazelles in Appendix II was accepted by consensus.

Press release CITES CoP20 n°6

Excellent news for eel traffickers
The proposal by the European Union, Honduras and Panama to list all eel species of the genus Anguilla in Appendix II with an implementation delay of 18 months was rejected by 35 votes in favour, 100 against and 8 abstentions after a secret ballot. A real beating.

Press release CITES CoP20 n°5

1 and 2. Red doussié (Afzelia bipindensis) and African padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii)
The proposals by Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo to downgrade their populations of doussié and African padauk from Appendix II were narrowly rejected.

Press release CITES CoP20 n°4
Brazilwood or pau-brasil

Brazil’s proposal to list Brazilwood in Appendix I received overwhelming support, but the European Union, driven by France, proposed a working group, which Brazil accepted for the sake of diplomacy. The vote, which would have been approved by two-thirds of the delegations with flying colours, did not take place.

Press release CITES CoP20 n°3

CITES Conferences of the Parties are not just hot air. Their decisions are binding. CITES, also known as the Washington Convention, is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 185 countries are signatories.

“On the Trail”, English version
“A la Trace”, French version
Quarterly information and analysis report on endangered animals poaching and smuggling

N°47
1,157 events between July 1 and August 31, 2025
279 illustrations and 6 maps
951 sources, 196 pages, 6,1 MB

Press release CITES CoP 20 n°2

The violin and other bowed string instrument sector coalition endlessly repeats that the use of Brazilwood for the purposes of bow making does not endanger Brazilwood populations.

“When yesterday’s poetry speaks today’s truth”, a study on the decline of Yangtze finless porpoises, a preview of “On the Trail” n°47, the defaunation bulletin, to be published in mid-November.

Press release CITES CoP 20 n°1
October 30, 2025

On the eve of the 20th Conference of the Parties to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), to be held in Uzbekistan, from November 24 to December 5, 2025, the maestros and the coalition of violon and other bowed stringed instrument bow makers (1) are once again beginning to sing their laments. For decades, they have refused to develop an alternative to the use of Brazilwood for bows. They are digging in their heels.

Only in French.