The European Parliament wants the EU to take an ambitious line at the 17th conference of the parties (COP 17) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES, Johannesburg, 24 September -5 October).
Testament to this is the resolution adopted in Strasbourg on Thursday 15 September on this conference, which the EU will be attending for the first time as a party to the Convention.
CITES aims to ensure that the international trade in wild fauna and...