Balisage

Press Release CITES CoP20 n°9

2007. CoP14, The Hague, Netherlands. Brazilwood is listed in Appendix II. International trade in wood and its by-products is subject to approval by Brazil, the only range country. Bows and other finished products remain in free trade.
2022. CoP19, Panama City, Panama. Bows produced in Brazil are subject to an export permit.
2025. CoP20, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Brazilwood and its by-products remain in Appendix II with a zero quota for specimens taken from the wild. This annotation is equivalent to a ban on international trade, as no Brazilwood plantations are approved by Ibama (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources).

Press release CITES CoP20 n°8

Will six years of work, she wondered, exchanges with around fifty NGOs from around the world and more than 500 veterinarians sensitive to the cruelty of the market, discussions with experts from the French National Museum of Natural History and contacts with the Ministries of Agriculture and Ecology fall into the water, will the chapter “Frogs hunted, frozen, falsified, irradiated” from the Atlas du business des espèces menacées (“Atlas of the Business of Endangered Species“, 2019) and the publication of the report “Deadly Dish” in 2022 be of any use, did the side events on November 22, 2022 in Panama and Friday November 28, 2025 in Samarkand have a positive echo, will Türkiye stand its ground, what will Indonesia’s position and influence be? All the euphoria and discouragement that accompany any long-term campaign come to her mind at this crucial moment.

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.