NAIROBI, MoEF Public Relations Bureau, 26/5/2016: Interspersed between sessions during the UNEA-2 in Nairobi, Kenya, a bilateral meeting was held between Indonesia and the European Union. Minister of Environment and Forestry RI Siti Nurbaya conveyed to European Union Commissioner Kamenu Vella that the cardinal fish, popularly sought out by communities as a decorative fish, need not be entered into the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ) Appendix II. The matter was originally to be discussed at the COP 17 CITES in Johannesburg, South Africa, this September. 

Minister Siti Nurbaya