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CITES: Trade & Science

CITES (shorter acronym for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the…

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CITES topic overview

The analysis highlights Trade and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around CITES.

Related topics
90
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
97
Extracted relationships
217
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
97

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 36 topics
Background · 18 topics
Shortcomings and concerns · 18 topics
Regulation of trade · 7 topics
Amendments and reservations · 5 topics
Meetings · 5 topics
Governing Structure of CITES · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Location
Geneva, Switzerland
Condition
10 ratifications
Depositary
Government of the Swiss Confederation
Effective
1 July 1975
Language
English · French · Spanish
Parties
185

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background

Governing Structure of CITES

Regulation of trade

Amendments and reservations

Shortcomings and concerns

Meetings

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How CITES connects Entity context

The extracted context around CITES shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, CITES → All, As, By, Convention, Countries, Danish, December, Denmark, East Timor, European Union, Federated States, Greenland, Haiti, Holy See, It, July, June, Kingdom, Kiribati, March Another extracted example is CITES → Animals Committee, CITES Convention, CoP, Dublin, Geneva, Ireland, March, May, Mexico, Parties, Plants Committee, Plants Committees, Secretariat, Standing, Standing Committee, Switzerland, The, The Animals, The CITES Committees, The Committee. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

CITES

Top relations

related to Ratifications · 36
CITES → All, As, By, Convention, Countries, Danish, December, Denmark, East Timor, European Union, Federated States, Greenland, Haiti, Holy See, It, July, June, Kingdom, Kiribati, March
related to Meetings · 24
CITES → Animals Committee, CITES Convention, CoP, Dublin, Geneva, Ireland, March, May, Mexico, Parties, Plants Committee, Plants Committees, Secretariat, Standing, Standing Committee, Switzerland, The, The Animals, The CITES Committees, The Committee
related to Appendices · 22
CITES → Antilocapra, Appendices, Appendix, Appendix II, Arizona, Botswana, Canadian, Each, Endangered Species Act, Its Mexican, Loxodonta, Namibia, North America, One, Over, South Africa, Taxa, The African, The Appendix, There
related to Approach to biodiversity conservation · 17
CITES → African, Appendix, Biological Diversity, Convention, Dickinson, For, Funding, General, Hutton, In, It, Listing, Nile, Parties, South African, There, Thus
related to Reform suggestions · 16
CITES → Action Plans, Biodiversity Action Plans, Biological Diversity, CITES Action Plans, Convention, Development, GEF, GEFs, Global Environment Facility, Montreal Protocol, NGOs, Parties, Scientific/Management Authorities, Secretariat, Suggestions, TRAFFIC
related to background · 14
CITES → Although CITES, As, Asia, China, English, French, Originally, Participation, Parties, Party, Rather, Spanish, There, Western
related to Drafting · 13
CITES → Appendices, Article, Because, By, Convention, For, If, Parties, Scientific Authorities, Secretariat, Specific, Then, VII
related to Implementation · 11
CITES → Although, As, Convention, COP, Management, Other, Parties, Party, Scientific Authorities, The Secretariat, These
related to Further reading · 10
CITES → BGCI, Botanic Gardens, Botanic Gardens Conservation International, CITES Manual, Comp, English, Italian, McGough, Oldfield, Spanish
related to External links · 9
CITES → Chronological, January, March, National, Official, Parties, PartiesAlphabetical, PDF, Profile

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

trade species convention parties appendix taxa specimens may listed party management export ii states permits international one include secretariat also

CITES relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 217 structured relationships around CITES. Examples in this analysis include CITES → Condition → 10 ratifications and CITES → Depositary → Government of the Swiss Confederation. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CITESCondition10 ratifications1.00infobox
CITESDepositaryGovernment of the Swiss Confederation1.00infobox
CITESEffective1 July 19751.00infobox
CITESLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
CITESLanguageFrench1.00infobox
CITESLanguageSpanish1.00infobox
CITESLocationGeneva, Switzerland1.00infobox
CITESParties1851.00infobox
CITESSigned3 March 1973 (1973-03-03)1.00infobox
furs in Western countriesinstance ofCITES addressed depletion resulting from demand for luxury goods0.80text
but with the rising wealth of Asiainstance ofCITES addressed depletion resulting from demand for luxury goods0.80text
particularly in Chinainstance ofCITES addressed depletion resulting from demand for luxury goods0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around CITES bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Trade, Species and Specimens. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • CITES
    • Trade
    • Species
    • Specimens
    • Convention
    • Parties
    • Appendix
    • Management
    • Taxa
    • Authorities
    • Country
    • Include
    • Permits
  • cites
    • Trade
    • Species
    • Specimens
    • Convention
    • Parties
    • Appendix
    • Management
    • Taxa
    • Authorities
    • Country
    • Include
    • Permits
  • species
    • Appendix
    • Trade
    • Include
    • Iii
    • Listed
    • Appendices
    • Scientific
    • Parties
    • Populations
    • One
    • Management
    • Taxa
  • endangered species act
    • Appendix
    • Trade
    • Include
    • Iii
    • Listed
    • Appendices
    • Scientific
    • Parties
    • Populations
    • One
    • Management
    • Taxa
  • convention on biological diversity
    • Parties
    • States
    • Party
    • Species
    • Amendment
    • Countries
    • Trade
    • May
    • Plants
    • Conservation
    • Cop
    • Meetings
  • general agreement on tariffs and trade
    • Cites
    • Specimens
    • Species
    • Management
    • Authorities
    • Appendix
    • Parties
    • Export
    • Permits
    • Taxa
    • Permit
    • Scientific
  • traffic, the wildlife trade monitoring network
    • Cites
    • Specimens
    • Species
    • Management
    • Authorities
    • Appendix
    • Parties
    • Export
    • Permits
    • Taxa
    • Permit
    • Scientific
  • governing structure of cites
    • Trade
    • Species
    • Specimens
    • Convention
    • Parties
    • Appendix
    • Management
    • Taxa
    • Authorities
    • Country
    • Include
    • Permits

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For CITES, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects CITES with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
CITESOverview · splits 61 ⟂ 37
CITESBackground · splits 79 ⟂ 19
CITESShortcomings and concerns · splits 79 ⟂ 19
CITESRegulation of trade · splits 90 ⟂ 8
CITESAmendments and reservations · splits 92 ⟂ 6
CITESMeetings · splits 92 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

CITES

Nodes98
Edges97
Triples217
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020408
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around CITES to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Trade & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — CITES · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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