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"Amid a global biodiversity crisis, nations have agreed to protect threatened
species like sharks, songbirds, glass frogs and tropical timber by regulating
their trade.
Over the past two weeks, member states of the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, met in Panama for its
19th meeting, CoP19, to discuss matters related to the protection of species.
By the meeting’s end on Nov. 25, parties agreed to establish new or revised
trade regulations on more than 600 animal and plant species. They also
discussed ways to address the ongoing illegal trade of species like jaguars,
pangolins and elephants, already protected under CITES.
Experts say one of the most significant developments was the decision to
protect requiem sharks, hammerhead sharks and guitarfish on CITES Appendix II,
which restricts trade by requiring export permits.
Susan Lieberman, vice president of international policy at the Wildlife
Conservation Society (WCS), called this decision a “victory” since these sharks
account for about 95% of the global fin trade.
“Finally, the vast majority of the fin trade will require some regulation that
it’s legal and sustainable,” Lieberman told Mongabay. Before this decision,
some sharks were previously listed on CITES, but they accounted for “a
relatively small percentage of the global fin trade,” she said.
Other vital decisions included protecting all 160 known species of glass frogs
(family
Centrolenidae), also on CITES Appendix II."
Via
Future Crunch issue 193:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
