Thailand declines to back shark proposal at CITES meeting
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Thailand has refused to support a proposal at the ongoing CITES meeting to strict the trade in greatwhite sharks due to concern over the possible adverse effect on its shark
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Talks on resuming US beef imports to Japan hit a new snag when Tokyo rejected Washington's proposals for determining the age of cows to be exempted from tests for mad cow disease, officials said.
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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The decision was taken at a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok, which regulates trade in wild flora and fauna.
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Japan's efforts to have restrictions lifted on the trade in whalemeat are rebuffed at an international meeting.
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The rules controlling the trade in many at-risk wildlife species may change at a Bangkok meeting starting on Saturday. The 166 member states of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
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Thailand's political parties got down to hard bargaining on Monday after voters roundly rejected last year's military coup but failed to give supporters of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra an outright majority.
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Snouts and fins off the menu A meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the Hague has banned the international trade in sawfish - threatened by demand for their attractive snouts, or rostra, and fins.â¦
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China's growing appetite for exotic foods.
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Wildlife conservationists are expected to push for new trade restrictions to protect fast-disappearing animals and plants, while lobbyists try to liberate trade in some species at international talks starting today in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Pro-whaling nations, led by Japan, lost two key votes Friday at the International Whaling Commission&#039;s annual meeting &amp;#151; an indication they may not have the majority necessary to take control of the body and try to repeal its ban on commercial hunting.
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A leading environmental group called Friday for protection for the great white shark and humphead wrasse coral fish, whose numbers have plunged because of overfishing and China&#39;s growing appetite for exotic foods.
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BANGKOK, Oct 14 (IPS) -  The great white shark, Irrawaddy dolphin, minke  whale and the ramin tree were among the big winners at the  endangered species sweepstakes of the Convention on International  Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as its 13th Conference of the  Parties drew to a close in the Thai capital on Thursday.
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Description: Delegates from 160 nations are gathering in Thailand for a meeting on international trade in endangered species. They will discuss new genetic research that makes it easier to trace poached ivory.
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VIENTIANE : Thailand&#39;s prime minister will meet the leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Sunday to explain his refusal to allow a major summit here to broach Muslim unrest in his country, an official said.
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Fishing nations led by Iceland and Russia have blocked U.N. negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas. After weeks of talks in New York, a United Nations committee that oversees high seas fisheries failed to gain unanimous support this week for ending unregulated bottom trawling.
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Thailand is sticking to its refusal to discuss Muslim unrest gripping its southern provinces at next week&#39;s ASEAN summit. It says the slow pace of Burma&#39;s democratic reforms should feature on the agenda.