By CGTN - Africa Approaches to protecting elephants are set to dominate the debate at a key conservation conference that started in Geneva on Saturday Delegates from more than 180 countries are gathering for the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in...
By Damian Carrington - The Guardian Giraffes, sharks, glass frogs - and the woolly mammoth - may get boosted protection at summit From giraffes to sharks, the world’s endangered species could gain better protection at an international wildlife conference....
By Arlana Shikongo, The Namibian The 18th conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) is scheduled for Saturday in Geneva. Ministry of environment spokesperson Romeo Muyunda on Wednesday told The Namibian...
By The Star Tourism CS Najib Balala has exuded confidence that Kenya will rally world leaders and conservationists to close ivory markets. Balala expressed optimism even as he led the Kenyan delegation to a high-level conference being held in Geneva, Switzerland. Set...
By CBC Radio Wildlife specialist Iris Ho says the unregulated mammoth ivory trade provides cover for elephant poachers Woolly mammoths may have gone extinct over 10,000 years ago, yet a delegation from Israel hope to next week have the beast declared endangered — in...
By John R. Platt - Nation of Change New wildlife trade rules being discussed at CITES could affect 550 species, including elephants, rhinos and giraffes. Dozens of important and potentially controversial decisions for the world’s most imperiled wildlife will...
By Nina Larson, AFP Conservationists warned of "unprecedented" species declines Saturday as countries met in Geneva to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and products from other endangered animal and plants. Thousands of conservationists and policymakers from...
By Clair Wanja/IFAW - KBC Proposals to improve protection for elephants, giraffes, sharks and other species will be on the agenda as the 18th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)...
By Leon Sverdlov, The Jerusalem Post The Nature and Parks Authority will impose new regulations upon possession and distribution of ivory, in order to protect the endangered population of Elephants – it said Saturday in a press release. The NPA, the organization...
By Stephanie Nebehay -Reuters GENEVA (Reuters) - The fate of mako sharks, African elephants and their ivory, and precious wood used to make musical instruments are on the agenda of member states attending negotiations of the U.N. wildlife watchdog opening on Saturday,...