Illegal ivory trade focus of biggest ever transnational wildlife crime operation in Africa co-ordinated by INTERPOL

Created: 01 December 2009

Interpol Press Release, Nov 30, 2009 - Illegal ivory trade focus of biggest ever transnational wildlife crime operation in Africa co-ordinated by INTERPOL.

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Parliamentary restaurant to serve seal meat

Created: 23 November 2009

Toronto Star - Nov 18, 2009 - Members of Parliament and senators soon will be able to decide for themselves when seal meat comes to their swishy private restaurant on Parliament Hill.

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Canada Requests WTO Consultations on EU Seal Products Ban

Created: 23 November 2009

DFAIT News Release - Nov 2, 2009 - The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced that the Government of Canada has taken formal action against the European Union’s ban on trade in seal products by requesting WTO consultations. WTO consultations are the first stage in the WTO dispute settlement process.

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Lemurs under threat from Madagascar's 'timber mafia'

Created: 19 November 2009

The Telegraph, Nov 18, 2009 -The lemur is under threat from a "timber mafia" which is pillaging the island's forests for profit, conservation groups have warned.

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Extinction crisis continues apace

Created: 03 November 2009

IUCN - November 2, 2009 - Evidence of a serious extinction crisis is mounting, say the authorsof the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, published today. This shows that 17,291 species out of the 47,677 assessed species are threatened with extinction.

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International Trade Bans Proposed for Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears

Created: 03 November 2009

ENS - Oct 30, 2009 - Proposals for tighter trade controls on Atlantic bluefin tuna, polar bears, sharks, corals, and elephant ivory have been submitted to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species for consideration at its upcoming meeting in Doha, Qatar next March.

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Canada, Nunavut and Greenland Sign Polar Bear Pact

Created: 03 November 2009

ENS - October 30, 2009 - A polar bear conservation and management agreement between Greenland, Canada and Nunavut was signed today at Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. The pact caps months of work by all three parties to protect bears in hunting areas shared by the Canadian territory of Nunavut and Greenland, including Baffin Bay and Kane Basin.

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What are coral reef services worth? $130,000 to $1.2 million per hectare, per year: experts

Created: 28 October 2009

EurekAlert - Oct 15, 2009 - Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference today in Cape Town described preliminary research revealing jaw-dropping dollar values of the “ecosystem services” of biomes like forests and coral reefs – including food, pollution treatment and climate regulation.

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Freezer plan' bid to save coral

Created: 28 October 2009

BBC - October 25, 2009 - The prospects of saving the world's coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples to preserve them for the future.

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Trade curbs sought for sharks, corals, bluefin tuna

Created: 16 October 2009

Reuters, October 15, 2009 - Tuna popular in sushi, colourful corals used in jewellery and sharks whose fins make soup have been proposed for international trade restrictions overseen by the United Nations, a spokesman for the treaty said on Thursday.

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For nearly 20 years, the staff of The Humane Society of Canada have actively participated in the administration and enforcement of CITES, an United Nations treaty to which 175 nations, including Canada (which was a founding member) are signatories. CITES stands for the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species and is the most important wildlife treaty in the world.

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