U.N. wildlife pact allows ivory sale to Japan
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A United Nations wildlife pact has  allowed the export of 60 tonnes of ivory from three southern  African countries to Japan amid concerns about the growth of  the illegal ivory trade and elephant poaching in parts of  Africa.
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: US and Japanese negotiators today reached a preliminary agreement to partially lift the 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan within &quot;a matter of weeks&quot; and work toward ending
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Online auctioneer eBay on Tuesday sided with conservationists by banning international sales of ivory.
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MEXICO CITY - Mexico and Japan have signed a free-trade agreement that is expected to open a new market for Mexican fruit and vegetables and prompt Japanese factories to move here.
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Japan and the United States reached an agreement this morning that will allow the export of some American beef. The Japanese halted trade after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state last December, but now they have agreed to do business again.
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By The Associated Press  A list of the winners and losers at the two-week meeting of the 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in The Hague.  WINNERS:  African elephants: Four southern African countries' can sell their ivory stockpiles.
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A decision to be made this weekend on whether to allow the sale of 60 tons of elephant ivory is exposing rifts between nongovernment agencies dedicated to defending the diversity of plants and animals.
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Proposals to relax the bans on the trade in elephant ivory and hunting minke whales are being discussed at a convention in Bangkok. Send us your views.
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U.S. and Japanese negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its billion-dollar market last year over a mad cow disease scare.
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Japanese trade negotiators agreed yesterday to reopen their markets to US beef, 10 months after discovery of a single case of mad-cow disease in Washington state prompted Japan to ban American imports.
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The wildlife protection arm of the United Nations announced Friday that it would allow Caspian Sea countries to export caviar, though at lower levels than in 2003.
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The fate of some of the world's animals and plants may be decided at a conference on wildlife trade.
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Japanese and US officials in Tokyo have reached a framework agreement that should permit the resumption of beef trade between the two countries.
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American and Japanese negotiators have agreed to ease Japan&#39;s ban on American beef exports, brought in after a single case of mad cow disease in the US last year.
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Japan is preparing to mobilize troops to  deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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BANGKOK Wildlife conservationists and government delegates approved proposals by Namibia and SA yesterday to kill and export as hunting trophies a small number of endangered black rhinos, protected under an international treaty.
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A list of the winners and losers at the two-week meeting of the 171-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in The Hague.  WINNERS:  AFRICAN ELEPHANTS: Four southern African countries' can sell their ivory stockpiles. No more ivory sales allowed for nine years.