International Workshop on Wildlife Trade Policy Reviews

Geneva, Switzerland, 22-23 April 2008

UNEP, UNCTAD, CITES and IUED are pleased to announce the International Workshop on Wildlife Trade Policy Reviews to beheld on 22-23 April 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland. The venue for the workshop will be Room 3 at International Environment House I.

The workshop is being organized as part of the international initiative to build national capacities to review and improve wildlife trade policies. The workshop will bring together the country project teams from Madagascar, Uganda, Nicaragua and Vietnam to share the key findings in terms of environmental, social and economic impacts of national wildlife trade policies, lessons learned from the wildlife policy review process, and recommendations to improve these policies.

On 21 April, an event will be organized from 12.30 to 14.30 at International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) Room 5 to brief delegates to the CITES Animal Committee about the wildlife trade policy review initiative and its findings. The side event will be preceded by a luncheon.

The Wildlife Trade Policy Review Initiative is jointly funded by the European Union (EU) and Geneva International Academic Network (GIAN)

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