Is Europe Swimming Away From Commitments on Bluefin Tuna?

WWF applauds Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States for this week’s statement reconfirming? commitments to urgently establishing a science-based recovery and management plan for overexploited stocks of Atlantic bluefin tuna. But the global conservation...

Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna Fishing Boats Should Stay in Port: WWF

As industrial boats prepare to set sail on Saturday for the annual Atlantic bluefin tuna fishing season on the Mediterranean Sea, WWF is urging all fishing countries to keep the fishery closed this year until a scientifically based management plan is...

Rare Javan Rhino Found Dead in Vietnam

A Javan rhino was found dead late last week in Cat Tien National Park in, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, further endangering the population of one of the world’s rarest large mammals. It is now uncertain how many, if any, Javan rhinos are left in Vietnam,...

CITES Turns Down Most Bids to Reel in Shark Overfishing

Governments of a United Nations meeting on wildlife trade have voted against better international trade controls for five shark species, which are in severe decline because of overfishing for their high-value fins and meat. The Convention on International...

Tanzania, Zambia Ivory Sales Requests Fail At CITES

Requests from Zambia and Tanzania to hold one-off sales of their ivory stockpiles failed during a United Nations species trade meeting that comes during a worldwide poaching crisis. Governments participating in the United Nation’s Convention on the...

CITES Backs Better Rhino Trade Protections Amid Global Poaching Crisis

WWF welcomes a decree for better trade protections for rhinos made during the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meeting, which comes amid a global poaching crisis.

CITES Rejects Trade Controls for Overharvested Corals

Governments participating in the United Nations’ species trade convention have voted against implementing better protections for red and pink coral, which are being overharvested to supply the international jewelry trade. Convention on International...

Compromise Reached on Tiger Trade Proposal

WWF welcomed improvements over trade in tigers and other Asian big cat species at a United Nations meeting on wildlife trade. An amended CITES resolution on Asian big cats calls for increased regional cooperation among tiger range states, improved reporting,...

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban Fails

Discussion of a long-awaited proposal to ban international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna was cut short at the largest wildlife trade convention when an immediate vote was pushed through. Member governments of the Convention on International...