FAO & CITES work closely with scientists & global experts prior to

#DYK @FAO & @CITES - alongside #scientists & global experts - work to provide expert advice to CITES members prior to voting on species listings, including impacts on #fisheries communities. "The FAO expert panel brings together experts from fisheries, from the species in question and in trade, to provide the best available information to inform CITES parties and FAO members on questions that they need to vote in May under CITES" @FAO’s Kim Friedman, Senior Fishery Resources Officer. The “Sixth FAO Expert Advisory Panel for the assessment of proposal to amend CITES appendices” is held from 21‒25 January 2019 at