Endangered Species Threatened Convention : the Past, Present and Future of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Background; 1. CITES: The Vision; 2. CITES and the Causes of Extinction; Part II CITES in Practice; 3. When CITES Works and When it Does Not; 4. Precaution at the Heart of CITES?; 5. The Significant Trade Process: Making Appendix II Work; 6. Who Knows Best? Controversy over Unilateral Stricter Domestic Measures; Part III Case Studies; 7. Assessing CITES: Four Case Studies; 8. Conservation of the Nile Crocodile: Has CITES Helped or Hindered?
9. Are All Species Equal? A Comparative Assessment10. Zimbabwe and CITES: Influencing the International Regime; Part IV The Future of CITES; 11. CITES and the CBD; 12. Developing CITES: Making the Convention Work for All of the Parties; 13. Decentralization, Tenure and Sustainable Use; 14. Global Regulation and Communal Management; Part V Endpiece; 15. The Lesson from Murhenye; Index
Summary
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 and restrictions for endangered species. However, it is now generally acknowledged that for most species habitat loss is a much more significant threat. Some argue that the CITES remedy actually exacer
