Overexploitation (harvesting at a rate that exceeds the ability of populations to recover) is a major driver of biodiversity ...

A significant milestone in this regard was the first Strategic Dialogue between the Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan and Japan ...

The international wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that impacts hundreds of millions of plants and animals. It is often fueled by unsustainable demand for imperiled species and their ...

Uzbekistan has completed a major restoration of the Imam al-Bukhari Memorial Complex near Samarkand, one of the Muslim ...

The Saiga (antelope) in Kazakhstan has rebounded from dangerously low numbers and has been recognized as a success by the ...

The UN cultural agency, UNESCO, is preparing to celebrate the first ever World Turkic Language Family Day on Monday, ...

Sloths, sharks, rays, and okapi gained stronger CITES protections at CoP20, with new Appendix I and II listings.

Illegal trade has devastated populations, fuelled organised crime, and deepened poverty in coastal communities, while law ...

Pakistan’s medicinal gughar plant, highly valued for its resin, has now been listed in CITES Appendix II. This status ensures ...

The European Union is expanding its engagement with Central Asia through transport connectivity, energy investments and ...

Gughar has now been listed in the Appendix II of Convention on Inter­national Trade in Endangered Spec­ies of Wild Flora and ...

The Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA) yesterday welcomed a decision by the Convention on International Trade in ...