13 Mar 2022

India participated in the recently concluded 74th CITES Standing Committee meeting, held in Lyon, France from March 7 to 11. During the meeting, India made several interventions, highlighted the efforts undertaken by the Indian Government, and also called for global actions.

India raised its concerns for the protection of Pangolins, Tibetan antelope and also highlighted its conservation efforts regarding Asian elephants, One-horned Rhinos, and more.
India’s interventions

India made its stance clear on several issues related to the protection and conservation of wildlife. It stressed the importance of wildlife for ecology. The major interventions made by India include:

India made an intervention supporting the listing of Pangolins as a higher texon Manis spp. to provide better protection for Pangolins globally. At CITES CoP17 in 2016, India was one of the proponents to up-list Indian Pangolins to Appendix-I of CITES.

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