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Africa, Asia to tackle illegal ivory trade
AFP, Published on 04/12/2013
» GABORONE, Botswana - African and Asian nations on Tuesday agreed on urgent measures to tackle the illegal ivory trade, from the slaughter of elephants to the trafficking of their valuable tusks to the Far East.
UN urges RTN to drop website charge
AFP, Published on 27/12/2013
» GENEVA - The United Nations has urged the Royal Thai Navy to drop defamation charges against two journalists, an Australian and a Thai, over a news agency report alleging military involvement in people smuggling, warning of a "chilling effect" on press freedom.
Thailand in landmark ivory pledge
AFP, Published on 03/03/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised Sunday to end her nation's trade in ivory, delighting conservationists who have long urged the kingdom to tackle the rampant smuggling of tusks through its territory.
Rhinos, elephants and sharks top Cites agenda
AFP, Published on 01/03/2013
» The race to protect the world's rhino, elephant and shark populations from the bloody trade in animal body parts will be at the heart of key endangered species talks in Bangkok from Sunday.
Tassie tiger 'no longer endangered'
AFP, Published on 07/03/2013
» There are two ways to get removed from the list of endangered species, and the Tasmanian tiger, the buff-nosed kangaroo rat and the pig-footed bandicoot have found the surest. They're extinct.
Sharks, manta rays win protection
AFP, Published on 11/03/2013
» Several shark species and the manta ray won international trade protection Monday in a move hailed by conservationists as a breakthrough in efforts to save them from being wiped out by overfishing.
Cites tries to curb illegal logging
AFP, Published on 12/03/2013
» Governments agreed Tuesday to step up efforts to protect threatened tree species from illegal loggers, amidst warnings that criminal gangs are plundering the world's forests.
Ivory to get DNA tracking tests
AFP, Published on 13/03/2013
» Countries making large seizures of illegal ivory will be required to conduct DNA tests to determine the origin under new anti-trafficking measures adopted at the Cites conference on Wednesday.
Ivory's 'Gang of 8' escape sanctions
AFP, Published on 14/03/2013
» Eight nations accused of failing to do enough to tackle the illegal trade in elephant ivory escaped sanctions at a major wildlife meeting on Thursday.