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1967 |
Peru and 3 other countries in South America banned trade in vicuna, a relative of the llama, after numbers had severely dwindled. A CITES ban followed in 1975. Links: Peru, Animal, CITES 
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1976 |
The UN Convention on Int’l. Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) imposed a ban on the trade of rhino horn. By the mid-1990s 90% of the world’s rhinos had disappeared. Links: UN, Animal, CITES
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1989 |
The UN Convention on Int’l. Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) imposed a total ban on the trade of ivory and elephant hide. In 2007 the ban was extended for another 9 years. Links: UN, Animal, CITES
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1997 Jun 19 |
In Zimbabwe delegates to the UN Convention on Int’l. Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) approved the applications by Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana to sell an annual quota of their collective ivory stockpile, but only to Japan. Trade in ivory was shut down in 1989 due to extensive poaching. Links: Botswana, Japan, Zimbabwe, Namibia, CITES
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2000 Apr 15 |
The Int’l. Whaling Commission turned down a requests from Japan and Norway to allow expanded limited whaling. 2000 delegates were gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for a 10 day UN Convention on Int’l. Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Links: UN, Kenya, Whales, CITES
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2007 Jan |
In Kazakhstan police arrested a manager of the Atyrau Balyk cannery, charging him and 3 colleagues, who had fled to Russia, with poaching. The cannery had a monopoly in exporting Kazakhstan’s CITES-approved quota of sturgeon. An expert estimated that poaching on the Ural River could eliminate the sturgeon in 5-10 years. Links: Kazakhstan, Fish, Robbery, CITES
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2007 Jun 2 |
The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided to permit a one-off sale of 60 tons of ivory from Botswana, Namibia and South Africa to Japan, saying it would monitor closely the impact on poaching and population levels. Links: Botswana, Japan, UN, South Africa, Animal, Namibia, CITES
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2007 Jun 14 |
In the Netherlands four African states (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe), after an 18-year ban, were allowed to put their ivory stocks on the market in a one-time sale as part of a hard-fought compromise reached with other Africans who tried to block the sale. The 171-member Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, approved the deal by consensus. Links: Botswana, Netherlands, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, CITES
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2008 Mar 20 |
Fidelis Omeni, an environment ministry official said, Nigeria has been suspended from the International Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) for alleged breaches of its provisions. Links: Nigeria, CITES
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2009 Sep 21 |
In Indonesia Akbar Risuddin came into the world at a national record 19.2 pounds (8.7 kilograms). He was born to a diabetic mother in a 40-minute cesarean delivery that was complicated because of his unusual weight and size. Guinness World Records cites the heaviest baby as being born in the US in 1879, weighing 23.75 pounds (10.4 kilograms). However, it died 11 hours after birth. The book also cites 22.5-pound (10.2-kilogram) babies born in Italy in 1955 and in South Africa in 1982. Links: Indonesia, World Record, CITES
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2010 Mar 13 |
In Qatar a two week UN conference opened with a focus on the Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans. The 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) discussed new proposals on regulating the trade in number of plant and animal species. Links: Qatar, UN, Animal, Fish, CITES
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2010 Mar 15 |
At the CITES conference in Qatar a top official with the UN wildlife agency said the world has "failed miserably" at protecting tigers in the wild, bringing an animal that is a symbol for many cultures and religions to "the verge of extinction." Links: Qatar, UN, Animal, CITES
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2010 Mar 16 |
At the CITES meeting in Qatar a marine conservation group, Oceana, said surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction. Links: Qatar, Fish, CITES
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2010 Mar 18 |
In Qatar the CITES convention said consumer appetite for caviar is pushing sturgeon to the brink of extinction. Fishing nations led by Japan rejected a US backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. A proposal to ban the int’l. sale of polar bear skins also failed to pass. Links: Qatar, USA, Japan, Fish, CITES
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2010 Mar 21 |
Conservationists at the CITES meeting in Qatar said the Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones. Links: Qatar, Internet, Animal, CITES
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2010 Mar 23 |
At the CITES convention in Qatar Asian nations blocked US-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks on concerns that regulating the booming trade in fins could hurt poor coastal nations. Links: Qatar, Fish, CITES
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2010 Mar 25 |
In Qatar the CITES UN wildlife meeting rejected efforts to regulate the trade in overfished porbeagle sharks, reversing an earlier ruling at the conference and leaving none of the proposed shark species with protection. Asia nations managed to reopen the debate on the final day of the conference and voted to kill the proposal. Links: Qatar, Fish, CITES
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2013 Mar 11 |
CITES conservationists in Bangkok voted to regulate the trade of shark species threatened because their fins are used for expensive delicacies in Asia. Links: Thailand, Food, Animal, CITES
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2013 Mar 14 |
In Thailand the Convention on Int’l. Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) ended its meeting in Bangkok with final decisions to expand protection to for dozens of animal and plant species including 5 types of sharks. Links: Thailand, Animal, CITES
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2016 Sep 24 |
In South Africa thousands of conservationists and top government officials went into talks in Sandton, a suburb of Johannesburg, for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to thrash out international trade regulations on elephant ivory, rhino horn and hundreds of endangered wild animals and plants. Links: South Africa, Animal, CITES
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2016 Sep 28 |
In South Africa the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Johannesburg voted overwhelmingly to ban trade in the endangered pangolin, the world's most heavily trafficked mammal. Links: South Africa, Animal, CITES
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2016 Sep 29 |
Thailand’s government said it has decided to suspend seahorse trade because of concern about threats to its wild population. The decision was announced at a meeting in South Africa of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Links: Thailand, South Africa, Animal, CITES
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2019 Aug 12 |
Singapore said it will ban the domestic trade in ivory from September 2021. The international trade in ivory has been banned since 1990 under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Links: Singapore, Animal, CITES
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2019 Aug 22 |
In Switzerland countries voted overwhelmingly to regulate international trade in giraffes, an endangered species, and in their body parts, overcoming objections by southern African states and drawing praise from conservationists. The provisional decision, taken in a key committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), was expected to be endorsed at a plenary next week. Links: Switzerland, Animal, CITES
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2019 Aug 25 |
In Switzerland countries at a CITES meeting on the global wildlife trade agreed to strengthen protections for 18 threatened species of sharks and rays, including those whose fins are prized for making Chinese soups. Links: Switzerland, Animal, CITES
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