CITES Email Format
Environmental ServicesGeneva, Switzerland51-200 Employees
CITES functions as an international agreement among governments with the objective of ensuring international trade in wild animal and plant specimens does not threaten their survival. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it is a mid-sized international body operating within the environmental services sphere. It serves as a framework for regulating and monitoring wildlife trade globally. Its primary audience includes governments and other stakeholders involved in wildlife trade, who rely on CITES to implement safeguards that support conservation while allowing lawful commerce. A notable recent development is the rollout of digital training tools at the 20th Conference of the Parties in November 2025 to strengthen how countries regulate wildlife trade in practice.