In its last two days, the CITES meeting is wrapping up all of the 112 agenda items. They first approved a budget for the next two years for the operation of the CITES Secretariat. The world financial crisis has negatively affected all of the Party countries and the Secretariat.
SCIF announced its commitment to provide $25,000 per year for the next two years. This money will be used for various projects that have been pre-approved by the Parties and are found in the Costed Programme of Work. SCIF encouraged other non-government organizations (NGO) to do likewise.
SCIF has been the only NGO to make such contributions in recent years. Many of the programs carried out by the Secretariat support the concepts of sustainable use and management of wildlife, including hunting, and the important conservation benefits that can occur because of that use. There has been an increasing acceptance of sustainable use by the Parties, which has led to SCIF’s willingness to fund the Costed Programme of Work.
Once again, hunters have stepped up to support international wildlife management and conservation.
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