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News from the 2007 CITES Meeting |
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The Conference to the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) governs international wildlife trade. Every two and a half to three years, delegates from more than 170 countries gather together to discuss and decide the fate of many of the world's wild species, and from June 3-15, 2007 they are meeting for the fourteenth time in The Hague, capital of the Netherlands.
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Find out the results of species proposals voted on at the 2007 CITES meeting here. |
HSI and HSUS representatives are at the meeting, where member countries will vote on 36 proposals to amend the CITES Appendices—a process that can give protection to wild species threatened by international trade, increase it, decrease it or even take it away.
Please see the links below for updates on what is occurring at the meeting:
NEWS
- U.N. Conference Closes With Mixed Results for Endangered Species, June 18, 2007
- United Nations Refuses Permission for Captive Breeding Operation for Eight Endangered Birds, June 14, 2007
- Elephants Given Reprieve, HSUS/HSI Congratulates African Countries on Plan, June 14, 2007
- Red and Pink Corals Likely to Gain Protection Under United Nations Treaty, June 13, 2007
- World Governments Reject Tiger Farming and Trade, June 13, 2007
- India's Tiger Intervention (PDF), June 13, 2007
- Dispatch from CITES: Making Oceans Safer for Sharks, June 13, 2007
- Australia Jeopardizes Global Shark Conservation in Political Deal, June 12, 2007
- Troubled Waters for Sharks on World Oceans Day, June 8, 2007
- U.N. Conference Turns Down United States Proposal to Remove Bobcat Protections, June 8, 2007
- UN Conference Stands Firm against Whale Trade, June 7, 2007
- United Nations Treaty Denies Protection to Critically Endangered Black Rhinos, June 5, 2007
- EU Ignores Science, Support Leopard Trophy Export Quotas, June 5, 2007
- New Research Confirms United States is Major Destination for Illegal Ivory, June 5, 2007
- The Humane Society of the United States Condemns Decision by U.N. Body to Allow Ivory Trade to Japan, June 4, 2007
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