Addressing the elephant in the room: Learning from CITES CoP17

Alfie Christopher Byron Gaffney; Darrick Evensen

doi:10.1162/glep_a_00537

Addressing the elephant in the room: Learning from CITES CoP17

Alfie Christopher Byron Gaffney, Darrick Evensen

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The seventeenth Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) conference of the parties (CoP) exhibited a draconian opposition to any trade in ivory. A key component of this opposition was the intergovernmental regime’s consolidation of North–South power differentials through the increased presence and influence of Northern conservation-focused NGOs. Using the example of ivory, this Forum article unpacks this dynamic before advocating for more participatory, decentralized, and polycentric approaches to the global governance of endangered species trade at future CITES CoPs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-10
Number of pages	8
Journal	Global Environmental Politics
Volume	20
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00537
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2020

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