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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

Armor is not enough to protect pangolins

August 8, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

All four Asian pangolin species now “endangered” & all four African species vulnerable LONDON––The International Union for the Conservation has elevated all four Asian pangolin species to “endangered” status and all four African pangolin species to “vulnerable” status. “All eight pangolin species are now listed as threatened with extinction,” Zoological Society of London conservation programs […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia/Pacific, China, Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: IUCN, Merritt Clifton, Pangolins

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