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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, commonly known as CITES, is an international agreement to which 164 countries have adhered. The purpose of the agreement is to guarantee the trade of wild animals and plants, so not to threaten their survival. Member countries who join the CITES agreement do it voluntarily. Each country is responsable for their own species, and even though the CITES agreement has no jurisdiction over national laws, it provides the structures to which each country can take the necessary measures to make sure that CITES criteria is put into practice.
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