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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is the best known and most controversial of international conservation treaties. Since it came into force 25 years ago, debate has raged over its most basic assumptions. CITES treats the international trade in wildlife as the most important threat to the continued existence of wild species. It offers a prescription of trade bans and restrictions for endangered species. However, it is now generally acknowledged that for most species habitat loss is a much more significant threat. Some argue that the CITES remedy actually exacerbates the problem by removing the incentive to conserve wildlife habitat. This collection of essays, the first of its kind, charts the controversies and changes within CITES. It provides case studies of the way CITES has dealt with particular species and notes the growing role of the South in shaping the direction of the treaty. It considers the role of sustainable use, the precautionary principle and unilateralism within CITES. Finally, it examines options for the future of CITES. Implicit within a number of the contributions is the recognition that questions of wildlife conservation cannot be divorced from wider issues of land use, development and social justice. This book provides an essential resource for policy makers, practitioners, academics and students concerned with conservation, development and trade. (Provided by publisher)

Wild animal trade --- Wild plant trade --- Wildlife conservation (International law) --- Law and legislation --- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora --- #SBIB:327.7H42 --- #SBIB:327.7H43 --- #SBIB:33H071 --- Trade regulation --- International law --- Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: milieu --- Specifieke internationale organisaties en samenwerking: economie --- Economische internationale betrekkingen --- Bin lin jue zhong ye sheng dong zhi wu guo ji mao yi gong yue --- Bin wei ye sheng dong zhi wu zhong guo ji mao yi gong yue (1973 March 3) --- C.I.T.E.S. --- CITES --- Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres --- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species --- Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species --- Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d'extinction --- Nesli Tehlike Altındaki Doğal Bitki ve Hayvanların Uluslararası Ticaretini Düzenleyen Anlaşma --- Übereinkommen über den internationalen Handel mit gefährdeten Arten freilebender Tiere und Pflanzen --- Washington Convention --- Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen --- Wild animal trade - Law and legislation --- Wild plant trade - Law and legislation