Do you know which endangered species of wild fauna and flora there are? How does this affect our work in conservation? CITES-listed species are used by people around the world in their daily lives for food, health care, furniture, housing, tourist souvenirs, cosmetics, or fashion, and they are in many objects we work on as conservators too! We are hosting an exciting evening together with the Furniture ICON group with two talks on this subject plus our GDGS AGM. Join us on Thursday the 27th of June at the October Gallery in person so you can enjoy networking and nibbles alongside the talks and AGM. If you are unable to attend in person, join us online for the AGM and talks.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between governments which aims to regulate the international trade of threatened plant and animal species. The Convention has been signed by over 180 countries and protects listed plants and animals from unsustainable exploitation in the wild due to international trade.
The UK Scientific Authorities are Kew for plants and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) for animals. Ben Furham CITES Policy Advisor - International Biodiversity and Wildlife will tell us more about it. We will also have the valuable information from the conservation point of view thanks to Janie Lightfoot, an Accredited Conservator with over 45 years’ experience.
