Proposal for a ban on international trade in elephant ivory is defeated at the CITES conference

The Ecologist
Oct 3, 2016, 11:00 am131 pts
Desperate not to offend the host country, the EU delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ignored a million-strong petition, a resolution from the European Parliament and the views of a large majority of African Range states and failed to give…

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