Ep. 16 - Ivonne Higuero - CITES Secretary General

Shepherds of Wildlife founder Tom Opre sat down with CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero at CoP 19 in Panama City, Panama. She is an environmental economist with a career spanning 26 years in international organizations in the area of sustainable development. CITES is the treaty on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 184 countries are party to the convention which regulates the trade of wildlife which directly impacts indigenous rural communities.