CITES

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɪtiːz/

Proper noun

CITES

  1. Acronym of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
    • 2013, “40 Years of CITES AT-A-GLANCE”, in US Fish and Wildlife Service‎:
      Marine species proposals are prominent at this CoP, with proposals to list spiny dogfish, porbeagle shark, European eel, red and pink corals, sawfishes, and several other marine species in the CITES Appendices.
    • 2014, Rosalind Reeve, Policing International Trade in Endangered Species, →ISBN, page 315:
      But commercial timber and fish species are increasingly coming under the CITES remit, despite strong opposition from both industries.
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