Scandal of the Trade in Endangered Species
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By ANNE JOHNSTONE  THE history of life on earth is, in fact, the history of death. About 20 years ago on a press trip to Kenya I spent a night in a leopard hide, a strange Heath-Robinson structure, like a home-made lighthouse in the middle of the Masai Mara.
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Pity the poor epicure paying record prices for imported caviar, thanks to export limits on the ever-scarcer Caspian Sea delicacy. But take heart: CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
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Â· Cargo of abandoned vessel destined for restaurants  Â· Illegal trade drives species closer to extinction.
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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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The government has temporarily decided against reducing or banning imports of prized beluga caviar, despite having agreed to list it six months ago as a species whose survival is considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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MORE than 6000 plants, insects and animals should be added to the list of the world&#39;s endangered species, according to a study published yesterday.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is under scrutiny for neglecting to protect endangered panther habitat. By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Dispute between regulators and SBC IP Communications highlights an endangered species: the 10-digit number.
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Another lawsuit is the last thing the US Fish and Wildlife Service needs. As the lead agency on most matters concerning endangered species, the service operates under a constant barrage of saturation litigation
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WASHINGTON - Conservationists concerned about the extinction of plants and animals may be overlooking the danger to thousands of other species that depend on the threatened ones.
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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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Bangkok (VNA) - The Vietnamese Government has shown its determination in the fight against the illegal trade in wild animals and plants as well as its goodwill in the implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) by
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A rare reef fish called the humphead wrasse should be guarded from the trade that is threatening its future, conservationists say.
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Booming global trade in rare forms of wildlife ranging from tropical fish and trees to African lizards is threatening many of them with extinction, conservation group WWF said on Thursday.
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BANGKOK - The future of dozens of endangered species, from the great white shark to elephants and medicinal trees, will be decided at an international conference on wildlife trade that kicks off here today.
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, in Bangkok has concluded, with conservationists and many of the 166 member nations supportive of steps taken to regulate the trade in rare species.
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The humble cotton sock has become the center of an international trade dispute.