The goals of Grenada in joining the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Parties is to combine its efforts to those of the CITES Convention in recognizing that the natural systems of the earth must be protected for the generations to come.

Grenada will be a good protector of its own wild fauna and flora.

Though the international cooperation is essential for the protection of certain species, Grenada will work to protect, on its own territory, the over-exploitation of its native species through the establishment of domestic legislation.

Grenada shall develop stricter domestic measures regarding the conditions for trade of specimens of species and will take the necessary domestic measures to restrict or prohibit trade of species not includes in CITES Appendices I, II and III.

Finally, Grenada is pleased to part of the conservation efforts undertaken by the community of nations, through its new involvement in CITES and its continued involvement in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Our efforts will be guided by the respect of the traditions and culture of the people for whom wild species are so important. �