Consensus classifications are crucial for conservation : how CITES utilizes checklists

dc.contributor.authorKlopper, Ronell Renett
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-28T06:24:20Z
dc.date.available2025-10-28T06:24:20Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.description.abstractThe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an end-user of the consensus classifications and checklists produced by global initiatives such as the World Flora Online (WFO). This paper provides a brief background on CITES and the impact of classification and nomenclature changes on the CITES processes and enforcement of CITES regulations, with a focus on plants. The importance of global consensus classifications for CITES-listed plants is highlighted and the ways in which CITES utilizes checklists are illustrated. The WFO and especially the Taxonomic Expert Networks can, and already do, make huge contributions towards the production of checklists for CITES.
dc.description.departmentPlant Production and Soil Science
dc.description.librarianam2025
dc.description.sdgSDG-15: Life on land
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/19968175
dc.identifier.citationKlopper, R.R. 2025, 'Consensus classifications are crucial for conservation : how CITES utilizes checklists', Taxon, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 759-767. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13348.
dc.identifier.issn1996-8175 (print)
dc.identifier.issn0040-0262 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/tax.13348
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/105005
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rights© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
dc.subjectChecklist
dc.subjectCITES
dc.subjectConservation
dc.subjectImpact
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
dc.titleConsensus classifications are crucial for conservation : how CITES utilizes checklists
dc.typeArticle

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