Maximum ambition is the watchword of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee to curb the criminal trade in endangered species at international level and for the EU to set an example.
In a report adopted on 8 September (58 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 6 abstentions), the committee adopted its position on the EU’s strategic objectives for the 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES...