US EditionRhino Horn Sales, Shark Protection on Wildlife Talks Agenda
- Global wildlife talks in Samarkand, Uzbekistan will debate proposals ranging from shark protection and restricting eel trade to allowing limited rhino horn sales.
- The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species regulates trade in over 36,000 species through varying trade restrictions based on endangerment levels.
- Japan has strongly opposed listing all eel species under CITES, warning it could undermine the institution's credibility and lead to increased poaching and smuggling.
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In Uzbekistan, representatives of 185 states parties to the Washington Convention on the Conservation of Species (Cites) will be discussing rules for the trade of endangered species of animals and plants for two weeks from now. The conference in Samarkand will focus on the protection of sharks and rays. The organization Pro Wildlife and the WWF Environmental Foundation warn of regressions.
Fifty years after its adoption, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) opens this Monday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
This conference will bring together the signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), which is considered the reference framework.
The International Conference on the Conservation of Species has begun in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, where 185 states parties to the Washington Convention on the Conservation of Species are now wrestling over rules for the trade of endangered species of animals and plants.The conference looks at the protection of sharks and rays. Further applications concern trade in ivory, rhinoceros and their horn, as well as giraffes. But it is also about Eu…
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