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The 77th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC77) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) recently took place in Geneva CITES is an international agreement among governments with the goal of ensuring that international trade in wild animals and plants does not pose a threat to their survival Adopted in 1973 and enforced since 1975, CITES has garnered 184 member parties, and it regulates trade in over 38,000 species.