Two thousand people are meeting from March 12-25 in Doha, Qatar, to make decisions about wildlife, some of which are critical to the future of hunting and conservation. This is the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) to CITES. There are 175 countries that are Parties to CITES, making this one of the largest conservation treaties in the world." Click here for an explanation of how it works.
SCI and SCIF have sent off delegations to represent the interest of hunter-conservationists. The delegations will be filing reports on this site throughout the Convention. Follow the action ring-side as your delegations work for your interests.
The SCI and SCIF delegations will argue for the protection of the rights of the hunter and the importance of sport hunting as a conservation tool. They will urge the Parties, who are represented by their government delegations, to make their decisions based on sound science, not on politics driven by green emotions. Lots of green organizations will also be there. Many of them are dedicated to ending sport hunting any way they can, even though they cloak their arguments in the language of conservation.
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