1.0Forest Trendshttps://www.forest-trends.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QLBGbifrQS"><a href="https://www.forest-trends.org/blog/cites-takes-unprecedented-steps-to-stop-the-illegal-african-rosewood-trade/">CITES takes unprecedented steps to stop the illegal African rosewood trade</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.forest-trends.org/blog/cites-takes-unprecedented-steps-to-stop-the-illegal-african-rosewood-trade/embed/#?secret=QLBGbifrQS" width="600" height="338" title="“CITES takes unprecedented steps to stop the illegal African rosewood trade” — Forest Trends" data-secret="QLBGbifrQS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/rosewood-fish-IMG_4436-scaled.jpg25601707Update, June 8, 2022: Following an expedited compliance procedure, the CITES Secretariat has announced a suspension of trade in all African rosewood harvested after 2017 from 16 range States. Read the official notification here. On March 11th, the 74th Standing Committee meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and […]