GENEVA (AN) — The international consensus that upholds the global ban on trade in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn faces its most aggressive challenge in years at the world’s foremost wildlife trade conference.
The confrontation is set to dominate the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in Uzbekistan, from Nov. 24 to Dec. 5. The COPs, which oversee the treaty, are held just once every three years.
