Illegal Trade and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

Since time immemorial, that most dangerous of species, Homo sapiens, has used animals and plants to his own ends. He has fed upon them, clothed himself with their skins, and treated himself with their medicinal properties. Throughout the centuries of man’s existence, this exploitation of wild fauna and flora has, in essence, probably changed little.