by MIKE Programme | May 10, 2019 | CITES News
Status update on the postponement of CoP18 On 26 April 2019, the CITES Secretariat announced the postponement of the 18ᵗʰ meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18), originally scheduled to take place from 23 May to 3 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as well as the...
by MIKE Programme | May 1, 2019 | CITES News
CITES Secretariat presents its assessment of and recommendations on species listing proposals for CoP18 The CITES Secretariat has now posted Document 105.1, presenting its final assessments of the proposals to amend Appendices I and II of the Convention. These 57...
by MIKE Programme | Apr 28, 2019 | MIKE News
Uganda boosts efforts to strengthen wildlife management capacity and protect elephants Two new eight-man ranger posts built with support from the Government of Japan and the EU through the CITES MIKE Programme were handed over to the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) on...
by MIKE Programme | Jan 4, 2019 | CITES News
Proposals to change protection levels of species under international trade at CoP18 available online 57 proposals to amend the lists of species subject to CITES regulations were submitted by 90 countries for consideration at the next World Wildlife Conference –...
by MIKE Programme | Nov 27, 2018 | MIKE News
Marine Ranger Unit operational again in Queen Elizabeth National Park Queen Elizabeth National Park is dominated by water. With eleven fishing villages throughout the park the waterways are a busy and important economy to tens of thousands of people. However, as the...
