The convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) seeks international cooperation to protect listed wildlife species from threats of over-exploration, including their trade. Nepal and India as signatories and parties to CITES have international obligations to control the trade of products made from any parts of wildlife that are protected, endangered or threatened with extinction. The book is an outcome of a legal and policy research work on the concerned field. Thus, one can find an in-depth analysis of the CITES implementation status in Nepal and India. The book also attempts to suggest for a change rather than only analyze the present status. "Though both Nepal and India are signatory parties of CITES, these countries have not performed to their best to control illegal trade in wildlife, because they have not realized the enormity of the task to control ends and the deep-rooted nature of the trade. The book also outlines the legal and policy level failures, which have resulted in failure to control the illegal trade in flora and fauna causing an irrepairable loss to the natural endowments. The book concludes with suggestions to plug the loopholes in different legislations and enforcement strategies with a model for better implementation of CITES in both the countries.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ravi Sharma Aryal
Dr. Ravi Sharma Aryal is a CITES Law Expert and doing research related to wildlife trade and enforcement of law. Dr. Aryal is currently working as an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Nepal. He is contributing as a member of Wildlife Watch Group and facilitating advocacy for the people in conservatioin related wildlife law and policies. He had practiced as a private Advocate in Sypreme Court but later joined the judicial service from the last 21 years. He is an active member of Nepal Forum for Environment Journalist. Nepal Law Society Centre for Environmental Law (Nepal Law Campus) and a member of CEL (ICUN, Bonn). He has served as an expert member in different level treaty negotiations, drafting and processing of different types of Agareements on behalf of Nepalese Government. He had served as a Legal Advisor to the Ministryof Forests and Soil Conservation and had also served in different capacity as a member in Nepal. He has extensive experience indrafting Forests and Wildlife laws in Nepal. He had also worked as a Special Wildlife Court Judge for Annapurna Conservation Area / King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservatioin for more than five years. He has also worked extensively for the implementatioin of CITES in Nepal and India. Dr. Ravi Sharma Aryal has a number of publications in both Nepali and English. He has contrtibuted “Nepal Chapter†on Environmental Law and Enforcement in the Asia-Pacific Rim Rim published by Sweet and Maxwell Asia and recently a book on “Interpretation of Treaties†was also published from Delhi, India. He is an eminent nature writer of National English Paper and has published several articles/commentaries on different journals on issues relating to Wildlife Trade, Law and CITES implementation. He holds a Bachelor ofLaws from Tribhuvan University. Nepal; Master of Comparative Law from University of Delhi, India; Post Graduate Diploma in International Law and Organisation for Development from the Institue of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands; Post Graduate Diploma in Victimology from Tokiwa University, Japan; The Development Lawyers Course from International Development Law Institute, Rome, Italy and Doctorate onLaw (CITES Implementation in Nepal and India) from University of Delhi, India.
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