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Difficulty: EasyInternational Agreements and Global Environmental Initiatives

Fill in the blank to complete the statement regarding global environmental protection initiatives:

Answer:The global treaty designed to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival is known as 【CITES】.

Answer

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments designed to safeguard wild animals and plants against over-exploitation resulting from international trade.

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Identify the primary objective described in the text: regulating international trade in wild animal and plant specimens to prevent endangerment.
The agreement that matches this objective is CITES.
CITES was drafted in 1973 to protect wild species from over-exploitation driven by international commercial trade.

Key Concept

CITES and Global Wildlife Protection
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