The U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity

The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism

The Bahamas CBD Country Reports

National Biodiversity Policies & Legislation

Bahamas Species

National Parks and Protected Areas

Biodiversity Data Management Partners

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network

The Bahamas Environment, Science & Technology Commission

Bahamas Ecosystems

The Bahamas became a party to the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) on 20th, June 1979. Since then the government has solidified its commitments to the management of endagered and threathened species through its enactment of appropriate legislation which restricts trade in such species throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

Listed endangered species include the following:

West Indian Tree Duck Dendrocynga arboreal

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta

Listed threathened species include the following:

Queen Conch

Bahama Parrot

The Government of the Bahamas continues to support CITES and is committed to actively participating in multilateral initiatives to reduce the lost of species throughout the region.

For more information on endagered and threathened species visit CITES at www.cites.org