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Event Body Meeting

78th Meeting of the Standing Committee

03 Feb 2025 – 08 Feb 2025

Venue: CICG

Organization: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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The 78th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES SC78) will take place from 3 to 8 February 2025 in Geneva.

About the 78th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee

The upcoming meeting of the CITES Standing Committee will bring together Members of the Committee and other Parties to the Convention as well as observer organizations to review strategic, policy and species-specific matters affecting the implementation of the Convention. This will be the last meeting before the 20th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (CITES CoP20), to be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in November 2025, and some of the draft resolutions and decisions to be tabled for adoption at CoP20 will be discussed.

From African carnivores and anguillid eels to rosewoods and orchids, the meeting will delve into the sustainability challenges and conservation progress for a wide range of species included in the CITES Appendices. With 87 agenda items and over 600 registered participants, the six-day meeting is expected to gather more than 70 CITES Parties and over 100 observer organizations to exchange updates and recommendations from the intersessional period since the Committee’s previous meeting in November 2023 (SC77).

CITES SC78
CITES Press Release
CITES Press Release | 20 February 2025
Side Events Schedule

Livestreaming

The daily livestream sessions are available on CITES SC78 Standing Committee

Highlights

Previous Days

Day 5 | Day 4 | Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1

Executive Summaries

IISD Earth Negotiation Bulletin Live Coverage

Photo Gallery

Geneva Environment Network Briefing on CITES 78th Standing Committee

On 28 January 2025, CITES Secretariat organized in collaboration with the Geneva Environment Network a briefing ahead of the 78th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee. → Access the recording of the event, the presentations and other resources.

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