Native to Africa, the black rhinoceros is classified as a critically endangeredspecies, according to the Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpeciesofWildFaunaandFlora.
The Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpeciesofWildFaunaandFlora in 1989 outlawed the international ivory trade and sharply reduced illegal killing in some countries.
The March conference in Doha will be organised by CITES , the Convention on International Trade in EndangeredSpeciesofWildFaunaandFlora, to which 175 countries are signatories.