Key Priorities and Recommendations for CITES CoP20

Between 23 November and 5 December 2025, representatives of the 185 countries that are signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will gather in Samarkand, Uzbekistan for the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) to review the implementation of the Convention and make changes to the lists of species in its Appendices which receive different levels of protection from trade.

EIA will be actively engaging at CoP20 on a range of key issues relating to the protection of elephants, rhinos, Asian big cats, pangolins and vaquita porpoises, in addition to broader compliance and enforcement issues.