India, July 13 -- Experts from around the world will meet in Geneva for the 28th meeting of the Plants Committee (PC28) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the wildlife trade treaty. This is the first plant-focused meeting since CoP20, the treaty's big global conference, ended in Samarkand, Uzbekistan in December 2025.

The meeting will run from July 17-23, 2026, at the International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Switzerland, right after the 34th meeting of Animals Committee (AC34, July 13-17). Both committees will also hold a joint session to discuss issues common to plants and animals.

Plants are the quiet majority of CITES. Of the more than 41,000 species the convention ...