convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora draft year: 1973...
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora
Draft Year: 1973Amendment Years: NoneCategory: International
Function & Issues
• Created to protect animals and plants involved in international trade (and in some cases prohibit such trade)
• Provides framework for member nations to implement domestic laws regarding the trade and survival of plants and animals
• Prevents trade of most extinction-threatened species and controls trade of others (minimizes harvesting of species to a sustainable level)
Regulation
• Once a member nation signs the agreement it pledges to carry out the laws and regulations set for by CITES
• Because enforcement is voluntary CITES is really only the foundation for regulation of the international trade of flora and fauna