Convention protects corals; not dogfish

Heidi Ledford

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This year's meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) drew to a close today after more than a week of tough negotiations. Representatives from 171 member states haggled over some 40 proposed changes to regulations governing the international trade of plants and animals, resulting in changes to the treatment of many (see slideshow).

From panthers to parrots and orangutans to orchids, CITES regulates the trading of more than 5,000 animal and 28,000 plant species to prevent the overexploitation of vulnerable species. It is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme.

This year's meeting in the Hague, Netherlands, was the fourteenth conference of the participating parties. Such conferences are the only times that species can be added or deleted from the list.

Negotiations can be difficult - regulation of the African ivory trade, for example, was particularly contentious this year. News@nature.com takes a tour through several key decisions.

http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070611/full/070611-11.html

Coup de projecteur sur 10 espèces menacées d'extinction

Quelques jours après la plus grande conférence internationale sur le commerce d'espèces sauvages menacées d'extinction, la CITES [1], nous vous proposons de découvrir le palmarès publié par le WWF des 10 espèces les plus menacées par le commerce et pour lesquelles il faut agir sans plus attendre. La conférence a regroupé 171 pays et s'est tenue du 3 au 15 juin à la Haye aux Pays-Bas.

http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/sinformer/actualites/news/t/zoologie/d/coup-de-projecteur-sur-10-especes-menacees-dextinction_11825/