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CITES doomed the vaquita, sold the elephant in the room, & worse

March 15, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

U.N. Environment Assembly calls for yet another report on “the interlinkages between animal welfare,  the environment and sustainable development” after ignoring a mountain of others produced at least since 1950             LYON, France––This is not just a fish story,  nor just a fish-and-elephant story,  nor even just another story about the failures and shortcomings of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Food, Global, Habitat, Horses & Farmed Animals, Japan, Kenya, Laws, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Marine life, Meat issues, Namibia, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, USA, Welfare, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, World Tagged With: CITES, International Whaling Commission, Josphat Ngonyo, Merritt Clifton, totoaba, United Nations Environment Program

What “CITES CoP 17” means to animals in plain English

October 3, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Elephants,  rhinos,  African grey parrots,  & pangolins among the species whose fates are on the block          JOHANNESBURG,  South Africa––The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) seventeenth triennial Conference of Parties (CoP 17) on October 2,  2016 adopted a resolution of elephant-sized importance to elephants worldwide,  more than 140,000 of whom have been […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African wildlife, Animal organizations, Asia, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, China, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Europe, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, India, Indian subcontinent, Latin America, Laws, Laws & politics, Pacific rim, Poaching & trafficking, South Africa, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan, The Americas, U.S., USA, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zimbabwe Tagged With: CITES, CoP 17, IUCN, Merritt Clifton, Pangolins

United Nations arm CITES recommends trade boycott of Laos over wildlife trafficking

March 22, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

“Suspend commercial trade in specimens of CITES-listed species with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic” GENEVA, VIENTIENE–– The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a treaty organization formed by the United Nations, on March 19, 2015 issued a rare recommendation that all 170 CITES member nations […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Laos, Meat issues, Poaching & trafficking, Southeast Asia, Wildlife Tagged With: " Environmental Investigation Agency, "Sin City, CITES

Turtles outlived T-Rex but are now at risk, says Fish & Wildlife Service

November 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Three turtle species proposed for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora protection WASHINGTON D.C.––The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in the October 29, 2014 edition of the Federal Register proposed to list the common snapping turtle, Florida softshell turtle, smooth softshell turtle and spiny softshell turtle on Appendix III […]

Filed Under: Land turtles, Laws & politics, Reptiles, Turtles, USA, Wildlife Tagged With: CITES, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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