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Ivory and Bluefin Tuna Top Agenda at UN Wildlife Summit
from BBC News Online
Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar.
CITES--the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species--will set a precedent if it votes to ban trading in a lucrative fish such as bluefin. The US and EU back the proposal, but Japan is set against.
Conservation groups are also hoping for increased protection on sharks, coral, polar bears, lizards and amphibians.
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