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The extraordinary toothed rostrum of sawfishes is sometimes traded as a curiosity item © Colin Simpfendorfer Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 11 June 2007—Trade restrictions have been approved for sawfish—large rays related to sharks, with distinctive toothed snouts.
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 16:12 | Share Article 
Grading eels by size, Japan © F Muto/TRAFFIC Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 11 June 2007—The future of the European eel looks brighter after governments representatives attending the CITES Conference accepted a proposal from the European Union to list this fish species on Appendix II of the convention. Appendix II allows trade in a species under strict conditions.
Monday, June 11, 2007 at 16:02 | Share Article 
CITES delegates failed to list Porbeagle, despite overwhelming evidence the species met the listing criteria © C Lisa Natanson NOAA / NMFS Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 8 June 2007—Two shark species highly prized for their meat and fins have not gained trade protection under CITES, the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Friday, June 8, 2007 at 16:38 | Share Article 
International Tiger Coalition members in front of the giant tiger mosaic © Astrid Deilmann/WWF Click to enlargeThe Hague, Netherlands, 7 June 2007—A two-storey-high photo mosaic of a tiger was unveiled at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) meeting today to urge world leaders to end all trade in tigers.
The mosaic was created from personal photos of almost 25,000 tiger lovers worldwide. People from at least 146 countries contributed.
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 16:59 | Share Article 
A Cedrela odorata tree illegally felled and milled for cash, Peru © WWF-Canon / James Frankham Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 7 June 2007—On the fourth day of the CITES Conference, the European Union withdrew its proposal to include Cedrela—a group of tropical trees species found in Latin America – in CITES Appendix II, which allows trade in a species under strict conditions.
Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 16:49 | Share Article 
Rhino horns are highly valuable and traded internationally, mainly for use in traditional medicines (c) WWF-Canon / Martin Harvey Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 6 June 2007—An increase in the volume of rhino horn entering illegal trade from Africa since 2000 could be placing some rhino populations at serious risk, according to new research from TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network.
Poaching is most severe in Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where 60% of the rhino population was illegally killed between 2003 and 2005.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 17:28 | Share Article 
The EU Action Plan will include support for enforcement in producer countries (c) WWF-Canon / Vin J. Toledo Click to enlargeThe Hague, Netherlands, 6 June 2007—The European Commission (EC) today unveiled an Action Plan to improve wildlife trade enforcement within the European Union (EU) and in countries where the trade originates.
The announcement was made during a UK Government sponsored event held in collaboration with TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, during the current meeting of CITES.<
Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 17:17 | Share Article 
Screen grab of the newly revised website on EU wildlife tradeClick to enlargeBrussels, Belgium, 2 June 2007—www.eu-wildlifetrade.org, the first website providing information on wildlife trade controls in the European Union (EU) has been updated and expanded by TRAFFIC.
Since its launch in 2003, thousands of people world-wide have visited www.eu-wildlifetrade.org to find about wildlife trade requirements in the EU. The site provides up-to-date, tailor-made information for traders, consumers and travellers on various aspects of wildlife trade into, from or within the EU.
Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 17:57 | Share Article 
A limited sale of ivory has been approved ahead of the CITES meeting© WWF-Canon / Martin Harvey Click to enlargeThe Hague, The Netherlands, 2 June 2007—A limited sale of ivory has been approved by a committee ahead of this week’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which opens officially Sunday.
The so called “one-off ivory sale” was provisionally approved for Botswana, Namibia and South Africa at a previous CITES meeting in 2002 – but could not go forward until certain decisions and criteria were met.
Saturday, June 2, 2007 at 17:38 | Share Article TRAFFIC aims to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature
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