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Gov’ts agree to raise $100 million to save African elephants

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:46:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Governments taking part in the Cites (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) meeting in Geneva agreed to contribute to a $100 million fund to save the African elephant, in the face of increased poaching. Some 300 delegates from around the world took part in the meeting [...]

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Bluefin tuna’s last stand: Cites votes against a ban

Sean Ecker — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:45:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com [WWF video] Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Atlantic bluefin tuna’s last reasonable chance for survival as a species has taken a beating: its defenders have been defeated in a critical vote at a Cites meeting in Doha, Qatar. A clear majority of nations of the Cites pact of countries, which regulates trade in endangered species, [...]

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Swiss back bluefish tuna ban

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:21:27 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern / Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland has agreed to back demands for a ban on bluefin tuna, a favourite of sushi diners, when Geneva-based Cites meets in Doha, Qatar, 13-25 March. Cites is the inter-government Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and 175 governments will be sending representatives [...]

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Bluefin tuna on menu for Cites trade ban

Sean Ecker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:29:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A complete ban on the trade and commercialization of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna is to be discussed by the 175 member countries of Cites that meet in Doha in March, according to a statement by the group Friday 5 February. Cites is the Convention on International Trade in [...]

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Bluefin tuna given no respite by fisheries body

Sean Ecker — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:57:21 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Gland, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A ban on fishing the bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, stocks of which are at their lowest historical levels, was not approved by the body in charge of managing the fish, announced WWF International, from Recife, Brazil Sunday 15 November. The International Commission for the Conservation [...]

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