AR-News: (Geneva) CITES reviews 50 proposals on wildlife trade

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

China View
www.chinaview.cn 2004-06-14 20:19:19

   GENEVA, June 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on Monday published a 
preliminary review on 50 government proposals for amending international wildlife 
trade rules.

   The review marks the start of a debate on the conservation and sustainable 
use of wild plants and animals that will conclude with important regulartory 
decisions at the 13th conference of CITES in Bangkok, Thailand on Oct. 2-14.

   "Although its roots go back to the 1960s, CITES clearly remains at the 
center of the global debate over wildlife conservation," said Executive Director 
Klaus Toepfer of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), which 
administers the CITES secretariat.

   "Many of the new proposals also confirm that CITES can effectively 
contribute to sustainable development and poverty alleviation," he told a press 
conference.





full story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/14/content_1525398.htm 



********************************************************
For many more news items that Animalconcerns 
volunteers have entered on the site
click here > More Latest News Headlines.
Forum (discussion board), Events, E-Mail Lists, Jobs, and
Organizations!
To subscribe to AR-News, please visit www.AR-News.org
**************************************************
We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our 
sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All 
things are connected like the blood which unites one's family. -Chief Seattle

/\  /\ 
>' .' <
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/attachments/20040614/4e2c5bc4/attachment.html