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Celebrating UN World Wildlife Day 2019

Department of Conservation — 28/02/2019

Each year the CITES Secretariat celebrates World Wildlife Day (WWD) on 3 March. This year the theme for WWD is: ‘Life below water: for people and planet’.

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We don’t play fast and loose with the law

Department of Conservation — 03/08/2018

DOC take the responsibility of protecting other countries’ taonga as seriously as protecting our own. You might have seen a bit of controversy in the news this week over DOC requesting an antique piano have its ivory key tops removed.

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World Wildlife Day – the role NZ, DOC and CITES rangers play

Department of Conservation — 03/03/2018

World Wildlife Day is celebrated on 3 March. It’s a global celebration of wildlife and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).