FWS Releases Negotiating Positions for Fall 2016 CITES Meeting

The Fish and Wildlife Service announced tentative negotiating positions for the upcoming meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), scheduled for Sept. 24 through Oct. 5 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The agency's notice (here) includes "negotiating positions on amendments to the CITES Appendices (species proposals), draft resolutions and decisions, and agenda items submitted by other countries and the CITES Secretariat for consideration."