Protesters Urge HK Restaurant to Stop Selling Shark Fin

... endangered species. Activists' efforts have helped achieve a nearly 40 percent cut in ... shark fin imports, but species listed by the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) require a permit ...

Decisions Made at UN Meeting on Wildlife Trade in South Africa

... meeting of the UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) has been meeting in Johannesburg, with ivory ...

UN Gathering Rejects Southern African Bids to Trade Ivory, Rhino Horn

... them. Member states of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) voted overwhelmingly at a conference ... species of devil rays in its "Appendix II" listing, which strictly controls trade ...

United Nations Calls on Countries to Close Down Legal Ivory Trade

... trade in elephant tusks. Member states of the UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as Cites, agreed on ... pressure on countries to close their ivory trade because the convention only regulates international trade ...

No More Trade in Endangered Pangolins, UN Meeting Decides

... UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as CITES, voted to place the eight species of pangolin on ...

African Elephant Population Tumbles Due to Poaching

... International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said in a report on Sunday ... proposals to the UN's Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), which is meeting in Johannesburg, seeking permission ...

Zimbabwe Lobbies Neighbors on Ivory Trade, Will Not Burn Stocks

... allowed to engage in international trade in ivory and ... to open up international trade in elephant ivory, ... on their support at the next UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in September. Muchinguri said banning trade in ...

A Holiday Visit to Bali’s Feathered Friends

... first registered as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in 1970. At one ... esteemed Jane Goodall and UN Secretary General Ban Ki ... the last stronghold of this endangered species. In June 2011, the park ...