South Africa will host the 17th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP17), or the World Wildlife Conference at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from 24 September to 5 October 2016. South Africa was one of the first signatories to CITES in 1975 and continues to play an active role in the implementation and enforcement of the Convention. CoP17 is set to be the largest ever meeting of ...
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