CITES In The News
CITES is always newsworthy, and the recent Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, March 13-25, 2010 in Doha, Qatar was no exception.
- USA Today: Should coral, polar bears, sharks, bluefin tuna be protected?
- News24: Extinction fears for bluefin
- Coastweek Kenya: CITES backs Kenya's proposal on rhino protection measures
- France 24: Nature: CITES fails sharks, tuna, polar bears
- swissinfo.ch: Trade concerns prevail at wildlife talks
- Puggal: Tanzania: Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species
- Gulf Times, Qatar: 'Victory' for jumbos, big cats retain 9 lives
- Species Survival Network: CITES Parties Confirm Vote for Elephants
- The Washington Post: Proposals to limit trading of fish rejected at global conference
- Treehugger: Elephant Ivory Sale Denied by CITES
- WWF International: Marine species get raw deal at CITES
- The Huffington Post: CITES Denies Sharks Protection, 'Case Of Politics Winning Out Over Science' (VIDEO)
- goallover.com: CITES Promises New Era of Law Enforcement
- OnEarth (NRDC): Japan Blocks Ocean Conservation Measures
- Capital FM Kenya: Wildlife traffickers ensnared by DNA
- redOrbit.com: Researchers Predict Bleak Future For African Gorillas
- Natural History Museum (UK): CITES on agenda for Museum event
- Agence France-Presse (AFP): Sharks, elephants to reappear on CITES agenda
- The Epoch Times: Adieu, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna?
- The Herald, Zimbabwe: CITES rejects ivory trade ban bid
- gulfnews.com: Lion cubs for sale in UAE black market
- Mongabay.com: CITES chooses 'commerce' over sharks, leaving endangered species vulnerable
- Business Daily, Kenya: Tanzania plans to appeal failed ivory auction proposal
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: Kenya's proposal on protection of rhinos accepted at CITES
- allAfrica.com: Nigeria: NESREA Urges CITES to Lift Suspension on Country
- Natural Resources Defense Council: CITES to World: Get Your Polar Bear Rugs While You Can
- Rediff News: There are only 1,411 Tigers left in India
- IPS-Inter Press Service: BIODIVERSITY: Corals Fight for Survival
- Indian Express: India rejects modification on China tiger farms by EU
- Species Survival Network: White Tip Shark Can't Survive CITES Vote
- Species Survival Network: Sharks Hammered in Doha
- Species Survival Network: No Longer Porbeagle
- Species Survival Network: Satanic Success: The Beetles Win... Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
- The New York Times: Bid to Relax International Ban on the Sale of Ivory Is Rejected
- The New York Times: Curbs on Coral Trade Rejected at U.N. Conference
- The Keene Sentinel, New Hampshire: Tuna, polar bears lose a big one
- allAfrica.com: Kenya: Summit Urges ICT Use to Control Poaching
- Al Bawaba: For elephants sake - let's get our act together
- National Jeweler: Protection measure for red, pink coral fails
- Forbes: Tanzania, Zambia demand one-off ivory sales
- Dubai Business Kippreport: Lion cub: $5,000. Fine for mistreating it: $7. Better regulation: Priceless.
- Species Survival Network: ZAMBIA WITHDRAWS PROPOSAL TO TRADE IVORY: Loses on downlisting proposal, too
- Species Survival Network: IVORY TRADE REJECTED IN DOHA: CITES Parties protect Africa's elephants from further ivory trade
- Species Survival Network: SPOTLIGHT ON ILLEGAL RHINO HORN TRADE: Kenya succeeded today in its efforts to improve international protection for rhinos from illegal trade
- Washington Post: Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web
- Foster's Daily Democrat, New Hampshire: Area fishermen relieved about tuna ban's bust
- The East African, Kenya: EU, UK favour Dar's ivory sale bid
- The Observer: We purr over cats while allowing elephants to die
- The Times: Briefing: Trouble in Tokyo
- Species Survival Network: CITES Parties Protect Frogs from Unfettered Pet Trade
- Species Survival Network: Lizards Crawl onto CITES Appendices: International Pet Trade Harming Wild Populations
- Species Survival Network: Coral Debate Has CITES Parties Seeing Red
- Discovery News: Ivory Wars: Is it Time for Another Round?
- The Straits Times, Singapore: Sharks on the menu at meet
- The Irish Times: Farming the tiger to extinction?
- Environment News Service: U.S. Federal Agencies Honored for Smashing Sea Turtle Smuggling Rings
- The Times: Extinction? I'm afraid we haven't got time for it
- The China Post: Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection
- Foster Folly News, Florida: Oceana Releases New Report on Shark Fin Trade
- The China Post: Tuna export ban rejected
- Christian Science Monitor: Japan sighs relief as bluefin tuna ban fails
- Christian Science Monitor: Conference rejects protection for polar bears
- The Guardian: Tories criticise UK for failing to support 20-year ban on African ivory sales
- Agence France-Presse (AFP): Sturgeon's plight stokes conservation row
- Gulf Times, Qatar: Conservation bodies cry 'shame'
- Species Survival Network: CITES leaves polar bears out in the cold
- The New York Times: UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna
- Business Daily Africa: Tourism boosted as CITES backs ivory trade ban
- PR Newswire: Death Knell for Polar Bears as CITES Votes Against Conservation
- Environment News Service: China's Illegal Wildlife Trade in Tigers, Turtles, Timber
- European Parliament: Sirpa Pietikainen on CITES: "Biodiversity at stake"
- Gulf Times, Qatar: Candelilla plant taken off CITES appendix
- Species Survival Network: No appetite for tuna
- Species Survival Network: US forced to back off on bobcats... again
- The Huffington Post: CITES, Biodiversity Loss and the Culprit: Intensive Fishing and Farming
- Sify News, India: Scientists urge CITES to reject ivory sale by Tanzania and Zambia
- Natural Resources Defense Council: Canada Rejects Wishes of Canadians and the Spirit of CITES
- The Associated Press: Shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting
- The Associated Press: UN animal conference tackles Mideast animal trade
- Species Survival Network: Japanese Threat Strikes Note of Discord over Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
- Agence France-Presse (AFP): Tuna ban: EU squabbling, China opposed
- Agence France-Presse (AFP): Myanmar a gateway for wildlife trade to China: report
- The Mercury, South Africa: Rhinos, tigers face an uncertain future
- Species Survival Network: Growing opposition to the Ivory commerce at Doha
- BBC News: Tiger decline is 'sign of world's failure'
- The Associated Press: UN Agency: Tiger on verge of extinction
- The Huffington Post: UN Ban on Ivory Threatened: Take Action to Protect Endangered Elephants
- Species Survival Network: CITES Secretary-General to Present 2010 Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards in Doha
- The Peninsula, Qatar: CITES gives Peru six months to curb illegal mahogany logging
- The Peninsula, Qatar: John Scanlon is new Secretary-General of CITES
- The Peninsula, Qatar: Agarwood needs protection: Expert
- fishnewseu.com: Campaigners welcome Maldives Indian Ocean shark sanctuary
- Official/Wire: Wildlife Talks To Headline CITES Meeting
- Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, FL: Limits urged on use of coral
- Time: Why Japan Keeps Fighting the Whale Wars
- The Associated Press: Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
- Aol News: Scientists Mount Push to Block Ivory Sale
- Natural Resources Defense Council: Helping Polar Bears in the Gulf of Arabia
- Reuters South Africa: Kenya strongly opposes resumption of ivory trade
- Sify News, India: Chinese medicine societies reject use of tiger bones
- National Public Radio: Battle Over Ivory, Tuna Expected At Wildlife Meeting
- The Associated Press: Kenya elephant deaths soar as ivory sales debated
- The Nation: Kenya: Factbox on the State of the African Elephant
- Saturday Nation: Kenya and Tanzania disagree on ivory trade
- The New York Times: Japan Plans to Ignore Any Ban on Bluefin Tuna
- Sport Fishing: Commission to call for ban on trade in bluefin tuna
Radio
- World Radio Switzerland: CITES species meeting comes to a close in Doha
