Sofie H. Flensborg

Legal advisor

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

#SaveTheDate

The 77th meeting @CITES Standing Committee will be held in #GENeva from 6 to 10 November 2023. Join this briefing that discusses preparations for the meeting and presents the issues to be discussed at #SC77.

📅 17 Oct 2023, 10:00 CEST
▶️ https://t.co/yuTppmFUi9

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

Very interesting workshop with some of the 180 ‘Brigadiers’ working to prevent, detect and investigate wildlife crime in Guinea as well as police and members of the Judiciary. Opened by Mr Samoura, Secretary-general of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development.

[Ivonne Higuero @ivonnehiguero]

It's #BiodiversityDay🦎🦋! CITES is a 50yr old global conservation agreement to avoid intl. wildlife trade harming the survival of animals&plants in the wild. Parties #BuildBackBiodiversity by contributing to #KMGBF Target 5 ➡️https://t.co/n4nicuSfjd #CITESat50 #AgreementToAction

[CITES @CITES]

Wildlife species of fauna and flora around the world are in rapid decline. We can all play a part in protecting species survival to #BuildBackBiodiversity towards a better future for all 🤝🌱🌏

Learn how ➡️https://t.co/zgAcw7c7eO

@UNBiodiversity #BiodiversityDay #KMGBF

[CITES @CITES]

Happy #WorldTapirDay! Tapirs can trace their lineage back to the Eocene (approx. 55 million years ago). Today, all Tapiridae (excl. Tapirus terrestris) are included in App. I, the highest level of protection under #CITES where trade is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.

[Ivonne Higuero @ivonnehiguero]

The CITES Big Cats Task Force meeting is benefiting from 70+ participants from range States, other CITES Parties & experts in Entebbe this week. Thanks to Uganda Govt for hosting, the participants and the great CITES team servicing this important meeting #wildlife #BigCats 🐅 🦁

[CITES @CITES]

This week, the #CITES Big Cats Task Force meets to coordinate strategies for combating illegal trade in big cats, incl. cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus (App. I since 1975).

Info and resources for cheetah identification, seizure reporting and conservation: https://t.co/w8zRCCR7UB

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

Suriname is lucky to have a supportive group of partners and donors working on species conservation that the #CITES Secretariat met today - in addition to the #EU who is funding the CAP.

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

On the third day of the #CITES CAP mission in Suriname, we visited some of the sixteen registered traders making a living out of exporting birds to the rest of the world - both wild-caught and captive-bred.

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

#CITES Secretariat meeting with Minister for land policy and forest management, Ms Dinotha Vorswijk who expressed strong commitment to Convention, to combatting illegal trade and to the Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP).

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

The #CITES Compliance Assistance Project (CAP) in Suriname kicked off today - great discussions with about 50 representatives of authorities, traders and NGOs discussing Suriname's trade in songbirds, timber, reptiles and more.

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

Le @GENetwork est présent à Belle Idée à Thonex, le nouveau lieu du #Bioparc Genève, pour la plantation d’un chêne en l’honneur du Jubilé de feu Sa Majesté la Reine Elisabeth II.

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

"We both climbed up the same tree... I as a child, she as the princess. But when she went down, she became a queen.

Ce chêne, un symbole important à Genève, est un souvenir marquant de la Reine Élisabeth II et de la rélation entre #Genève et le Royaume-Uni.

[CITES @CITES]

US Secretary Deb Haaland, speaking at CITES 50th Anniversary event. “We are a critical turning point. Protecting wildlife through CITES and the Endangered Species Act is more important than ever. My grandparents and parents taught me that without nature we have nothing.”

[UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc]

Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! 🌍🐞🐘

Today the world comes together to celebrate the vital contribution and benefits of wildlife, and this year also marks the 50th birthday of @CITES #WWD2023 🎉🦍🐅🐋

Hear more from our Director @nevilleash ➡️ https://t.co/o4QRPqvPZx

[UN Environment Programme North America @UNEP_NAmerica]

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay 🦋🐯🐝🐬🕊🐒🦩🦜

and the 50th anniversary of the @CITES Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora!

Celebrations are underway in Washington DC- tune in live here at 10am EST: https://t.co/2RdYV6vYWF

#WWD2023

[CITES @CITES]

#CITES' 50th birthday is 100 days away 🎂

[Dr Rhedyn Ollerenshaw @Rhedyn]

Truly, the most enormous honour, professional challenge and personal thrill to have been your Chair of Committee II, #CITESCoP19

[GENeva Environment Network @GENetwork]

@CITES @ivonnehiguero @Ben_J_v_R @SofieHF David Morgan of the Scientific Unit, highlights that every CoP is an opportunity to make a proposal on adjusting the level of protection for certain species, through the amendments to the @CITES Appendices.

#CITESCoP19 is one such opportunity.

[Sofie H. Flensborg @SofieHF]

Good to see bilateral engagement of the CITES Secretary-General with key Parties to CITES

[Ivonne Higuero @ivonnehiguero]

1st day in Viet Nam with Vice Minister Mr Le Quoc Doanh, who affirmed their commitment to CITES and improved implementation of the Convention ahead of CoP19 and how the Secretariat can support further improvements in this key wildlife trade hub