Ernie Cooper

[2] He left WWF and TRAFFIC in 2014, and formed an environmental consulting business, specialising in wildlife trade issues.[1][5][7] In 1988, while working for the Vancouver Aquarium, Cooper was offered a contract to identify wildlife products seized by Canada Customs for the enforcement of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).In Canada, CITES is enforced via the Wild Animal and Plant Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA).[2] Cooper joined WWF and TRAFFIC in July, 2001, and continued to work to ensure that international wildlife trade was sustainable and legal.The five action plans covered 56 taxa of parrots, sharks, tarantulas, turtles and timber producing plants.
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