📚 CITES-20250726

📄 Overview

This dataset contains structured information from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
It is intended for Natural Language Processing (NLP) projects, particularly in:

• Extracting information about protected species
• Building search and question-answering systems
• Fine-tuning language models

Note: All data is in French.

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📦 Composition

• Format: JSONL (.jsonl)
• Number of entries: ~XXX (replace with actual number)
• Main fields:
  • instruction: question or prompt related to a species or regulatory information
  • output: complete textual answer containing relevant CITES data
  • (Optional) metadata: additional fields (region, date, reference, etc.)

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🗂 Data Sources

• Extracted from publicly available and official CITES-related documents: https://checklist.cites.org
• Adapted for open source and educational purposes.

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⚠️ Limitations

• Based on the versions available at the time of collection (July 2025).
• Some entries may contain empty or missing fields.
• Not intended for legally binding use — always verify with official sources.

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🔍 Intended Uses

• Fine-tuning language models for environmental or regulatory contexts.
• Demonstrations of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with a regulatory corpus.
• Educational and awareness-raising applications about biodiversity.

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📜 License

• CC-BY 4.0 — attribution required for reuse.

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✅ Example

{
  "instruction": "Fournis des informations CITES sur l'espèce Abeillia.",
  "output": "Abeillia (nom commun : Nom commun non renseigné) appartient au règne Animalia, classe Aves, ordre Apodiformes, famille Trochilidae. Cette espèce est listée en Annexe II de la CITES depuis le 22/10/1987. On la trouve principalement dans les pays suivants : Pays non renseignés."
}