Legal Wildlife Trade
The legal wildlife trade includes specimens of species that are not listed in any of the three CITES Appendices, and specimens of species which are listed by CITES and which are traded internationally with the appropriate documents. These documents include permits and certificates for the import, export, re-export and introduction from the sea which are issued by the CITES Management Authorities of the respective countries. The UNEP–WCMC manages a trade database on behalf of the CITES Secretariat, where records of trade in wildlife and scientific names of taxa listed by CITES are reported annually.
Note that wildlife trade that is legal is not necessarily sustainable. Hence, much legal trade in wildlife may still be a significant conservation concern. Unsustainable wildlife trade may be addressed in a number of ways, including listing a species of concern on the appropriate Appendix of CITES.
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