Sharks defeated at U.N. wildlife trade talks
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A United Nations forum on endangered  species rejected bids on Friday to put in place controls on the  multi-million dollar trade in two types of sharks, highly  prized for their meat and fins.
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Oct. 15, 2004 - Conservationists claimed victory at a global wildlife trade meeting on Thursday despite warnings that a cash crisis could hamper new hard-won measures to protect endangered species.
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Namibia lost a bid on Monday for permission to export 4,400 pounds of ivory annually at a United Nations meeting, a development welcomed by arch ivory rival Kenya which sees trade as a threat to its elephants.
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Trade in great white sharks would be restricted under a proposal adopted at a UN wildlife conference today, despite criticism that there is little evidence suggesting the fearsome ocean predators are threatened by commercial trade.
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A U.N. conference endorsed on Tuesday a proposal to slap controls on trade in the ocean's most feared predator, the great white shark of "Jaws" fame.
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The international body overseeing wildlife trade may throw a lifeline to the shark popular in fish and chips and the aromatic cedar tree used for fine furniture and humidors, as it considers new limitations on commercial fisheries and timber.
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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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BANGKOK - A UN conference last week banned commercial trade in the rare Irrawaddy dolphin, a move environmentalists said was needed to save the threatened species.
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Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world's habitats in talks in Bangkok, but governments need to work harder to promote conservation, an international environment agency said Thursday.
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Elephants emerged safer and tigers won a vote of support, but sharks and corals failed to win protection at a two-week wildlife trade conference that ended Friday.
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The great white shark, African rhinos and the American bald eagle are among the animals and fauna that will take center stage at an international conference on regulating trade in endangered species that opens Saturday.
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Sawtooth sharks, pink coral and the globe-trotting European eel are slated for a hearing Monday at the 171-nation body that regulates trade in wildlife teetering at the edge of biological viability.
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More than 60 countries agreed Sunday to ban the killing of sharks for their fins in the Atlantic Ocean, a move that conservationists hope will increase protection of threatened species around the world.
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Proposal could have ended lion trophy hunting and removed sportsmen from sustainable-use management of the species. TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 12, 2004 - Thanks to Safari Club International&#39;s six-person delegation
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has listed the great white shark among the 10 species of animals and trees it believes will most likely become extinct.
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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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MILAN, Mar 12 (TierramÃ©rica) - Despite the widespread reputation that associates   sharks with death, this fish species is very vulnerable, and  some  varieties are at risk of extinction. Of the 40 shark  species found in  European seas, one-third are threatened by  intensive and illegal fishing,  sport fishing and accidental  capture, according to the World Conservation  Union (IUCN).