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Glass frogs left to fend for themselves in unregulated pet trade as European Union votes against protections at global CITES wildlife conference

GENEVA—Tropical rainforests in Central America will continue to be plundered for tiny translucent glass frogs to supply the pet trade in Europe and elsewhere, after a proposal for international trade controls failed at the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention

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Extinct woolly mammoth proposal withdrawn but global wildlife conference agrees to study mammoth ivory trade to determine its impact on elephant ivory trade

GENEVA—A proposal to list the extinct woolly mammoth on Appendix II was withdrawn at the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva. Instead, the Parties

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Global wildlife conference votes to ban international trade in Asian small-clawed otter

GENEVA—A ban on international commercial trade in the Asian small-clawed otter has been agreed by an overwhelming majority by world leaders attending the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

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Wildlife protection Europe
Dr. Jane Goodall “absolutely shocked” that EU at CITES may oppose ending cruel trade in wild-caught baby elephants

GENEVA–World-renowned conservationist Jane Goodall Ph.D., DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, and UN Messenger of Peace, has issued a heart-felt plea to the European Union not to overturn a ban passed this week at the CITES wildlife trade conference in Geneva

Vanessa Mignon
Wildlife protection Global
CITES maintains vital protections for rhino

GENEVA—In a great relief to conservationists, governments at the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have shown no appetite for lifting bans on trade in rhinos and their horns. The

Wildlife protection Global
CITES agrees to trade controls for critically endangered rays, Guitarfish and Wedgefish, listed in Appendix II

GENEVA—Critically endangered giant guitarfish and wedgefish rays have a better chance against extinction thanks to international trade controls agreed today at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting. Governments reached agreement in a decisive vote on Appendix II

Wildestanimal/Alamy Stock Photo Shortfin mako shark
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Mako sharks win CITES App. II listing trade controls to clamp down on shark fin trade

GENEVA—Fast swimming mako sharks have a better chance of escaping extinction thanks to global trade controls agreed today at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting. The short and longfin mako shark proposal, led by Mexico and also

Iris Ho/HSI Seized elephant ivory in Kenya waiting to be destroyed, 2016
Wildlife protection Global
CITES makes clear its resounding opposition to resumption of ivory trade

GENEVA—Elephant advocates are celebrating in Geneva as the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has today roundly rejected proposals to open up international commercial trade in elephant ivory. Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe had

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Wildlife protection Global
CITES protects giraffe for the first time

GENEVA—The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) today agreed to protect giraffes for the first time by listing the species on Appendix II, which will now regulate international trade in giraffe parts, such

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