Trade Controls

• • Some species are caught or killed in one country but would be sold in another country
  • it may be difficult to control the collection of the species but if moving them out of the country can be stopped there would be no point collecting them
• CITES

  • the main international agreement that regulates the international trade in wildlife
  • the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
  • selected species are grouped in lists called appendices:
• Appendix 1 -

  • includes species that are threatened with extinction, so all international trade is banned except movement for conservation breeding programmes
  • for example all the Great Apes and blue whales
• Appendix 2

  • includes species that may be threatened with extinction if trade is not closely controlled
  • trade is permitted from countries where species is relatively well protected so limited exploitation does not threaten their survival
  • for example Honduras Mahogany