Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.8 Climate and environmental treaties

4.8.8 CITES and wildlife trade

CITES (1973) controls international trade in wild animals and plants through three appendices, so that trade does not threaten their survival; India gives it effect through the Wild Life (Protection) Act as amended in 2022.

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  • Advanced level
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Key terms

  • CITES
  • Washington Convention
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix II
  • Appendix III
  • export permit
  • import permit
  • CoP
  • Geneva secretariat
  • World Wildlife Day
  • TRAFFIC
  • WCCB
  • Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 2022
  • Schedule IV
  • red sanders
  • pangolin
  • star tortoise

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