Two tragic things happened in the last few weeks, together they highlight the lack of courage global conservation organisations and academics have shown in exposing the structural weaknesses of the system that regulates the global, industrial trade in over 40,000 endangered and exotic species.
The first, in a submission document to CITES CoP20, the organisation’s leadership acknowledges, “The current mode of work is no longer viable”, continuing, “The time for action is now, to safeguard the Convention’s integrity and effectiveness”.