US proposes zero new protections for traded wildlife at upcoming CITES CoP

 

(Posted 23td August 2025)

 

Courtesy of African Elephant News

 

 

Spoorthy Raman, Mongabay (U.S),
At the end of 2025, representatives from 185 countries will convene in Uzbekistan to discuss the fate of sharks, African hornbills, hyenas, vultures, palm trees and other threatened species. The group’s decisions will, in part, decide the survival and the future of widely traded fauna and flora as they vote whether to set limits on or bar the international trade of these species and their parts, including fins, heads and skins.
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