1st Edition
Endangered Species Threatened Convention The Past, Present and Future of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
220 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is the best known and most controversial of international conservation treaties. Since it came into force 25 years ago, debate has raged over its most basic assumptions. CITES treats the international trade in wildlife as the most important threat to the continued existence of wild species. It offers a prescription of trade bans... Read more
Part I Background - CITES: The Vision * CITES and the Causes of Extinction * Part II CITES in Practice - When CITES Works and When it Does Not * Precaution at the Heart of CITES? * The Significant Trade Process: Making Unilateral Stricter Domestic Measures * Part III Case Studies - Assessing CITES: Four Case Studies * Conservation of the Nile Crocodile: Has CITES Helped or Hindered? * Are All Species Equal? A Comparative Assessment * Zimbabwe and CITES: Influencing the Intentional Regime * Part IV the Future of CITES - CITES and CBD * Developing CITES: Making the Convention work for All pf the Parties * Decentralization, Tenure and sustainable Use * Global regulation and Communal Management * Part V Endpiece - the Lesson from Mahenye * Index
Biography
Jon Hutton is Director of the Africa Resources Trust. Barnabas Dickson is an environmental consultant.
'A very interesting case study... This collection will make a substantial contribution to attempts to bring CITES into line with the changing international landscape and evolving conceptions of our relationship with our environment.' Jaye Ellis, Millennium, Book Reviews.
