Species news archive
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WWF: Five species of sharks proposed for CITES listing
WWF issued the following statement today in response to decisions from world governments to offer ...
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Thai Buddhist leaders pray for poached elephants, call for end to ivory use
As world governments meet here to discuss global wildlife trade, revered Thai Buddhist leaders ...
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New study reveals scale of persistent illegal tiger trade
Parts of more than 1400 Tigers have been seized across Asia in the past 13 years, according to ...
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Thai prime minister announces end to ivory trade
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a ...
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Guinea sanctioned for illicit wildlife trade, including great apes
One day before the official inauguration of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...
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Thai prime minister must seize spotlight to end ivory trade
As host of a critical wildlife trade meeting opening, WWF and TRAFFIC urge the Thai prime minister ...
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Thai Prime Minister accepts half - million signature petition from WWF to ban ivory trade
WWF today handed over a global petition calling for a ban on the trading of ivory in Thailand to ...
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Killing elephants threatens Kenya's Economic Security
Kenya’s tourism industry faces a gloomy future if the current killing of elephants is not ...
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All eyes on countries fuelling illegal ivory trade
Sanctions should be imposed on Thailand, Nigeria and DRC for their roles in the illegal ivory ...
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Poachers kill over 11,000 elephants in Gabon
Poachers have killed an estimated 11,100 elephants – between 44 to 77 per cent of the population – ...
