CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is an international agreement that aims to ensure trade in wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. It was drafted after a 1963 resolution by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, signed in Washington in 1973 and entered into force in 1975. Species are listed in three appendices according to the level of protection: some may not be traded commercially at all, while others require permits. Governments that join regulate trade through national authorities, and a secretariat administered by the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva supports the system. It covers tens of thousands of species, from elephants and rhinoceroses to orchids and timber trees.
Before and after
- 22 January 1973Death of Lyndon B. Johnson
- 22 January 1973Roe v. Wade
- 14 February 1973Ring Ring
- 22 February 1973Release of Charlotte's Web
- 3 March 1973CITES
- 6 March 1973Death of Pearl S. Buck
- 7 March 1973Discovery of Comet Kohoutek
- 26 March 1973Birth of Larry Page
- 6 April 1973Launch of Pioneer 11
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The era
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