Assistant Secretary of Interior Craig Manson Leads U.S. Delegation to CITES Conference in Chile; Announces Tentative Negotiating Positions

Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Craig Manson will lead the U.S. delegation to the upcoming 12th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Santiago, Chile.

CITES is an international agreement signed by 160 nations that is designed to control and regulate global trade in certain wild animals and plants that are or may become threatened with extinction due to commercial trade.

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