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CITES’s 40th Anniversary: CITES Secretary-General John Scanlon

John Scanlon, courtesy of CITES Secretariat

John Scanlon, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), reflects on the 40th anniversary of CITES, provides an overview of what to look for at the 16th Conference of Parties, and discusses species-specific issues, with an emphasis on elephants, rhinos and sharks. (First aired on February 24, 2013)

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