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U.S. Proposal on Polar Bears Not Adopted by CITES

Submitted by Christine Eustis on March 18, 2010 - 12:42pm

“We must continue efforts to tackle climate change”
Tom Strickland, Asst. Secretary of the Interior

WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tom Strickland today said the United States is disappointed its proposal to protect polar bears from international trade was not accepted by the 175-nation the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora meeting this week in Doha, Qatar, but that the United States would continue to work with other countries on threats to the species, including climate change.

Polar bears draw a crowd

Submitted by Christine Eustis on March 15, 2010 - 8:50am

The CoP15 representatives met for the second day of the conference on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. local time. Sunday is not a weekend day in Qatar – the weekend is Friday and Saturday - so delegates convened for a full day of business. The meeting began with a plenary session in the great hall where the delegates adopted the agenda and working program for the two week meeting. The agenda has many substantial issues, including 42 species proposals. The plenary session also featured reports from the technical committees for CITES which includes the Animals Committee and the Plants Committee. These committees manage the substantive scientific work of CITES and an impressive body of work has been addressed by these 2 committees since the last CoP.

Jane Lyder interviews with reporter from Gulf Times

Jane Lyder interviews with reporter from Gulf Times

Lyder joins Gnam and Hoover from FWS for NGO briefing

Lyder joins Rosemarie Gnam and Craig Hoover from FWS for NGO briefing

Lyder speaks to delegates at polar bear briefing

Jane Lyder speaks to delegates at polar bear briefing

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