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Countries attending the World Wildlife Conference once again expressed their concern for global shark populations this week and expanded their commitment to controlling international trade in sharks so that it doesn’t decimate these vulnerable predators in the wild.

Bristol Bay coalition dismisses Governor’s claim of outside influence in Pebble Mine opposition, calling claim “demonstrably false” and “insulting to Alaskans,” vowing “we will never relent.”

In what was a big victory for otter conservation worldwide, the countries meeting at the World Wildlife Conference in Geneva this week decided to ban all international commercial trade in two endangered species of tropical Asian river otters.

We must demand action by fighting any rollbacks of Florida Panther protections under the Endangered Species Act and oppose further development of its remaining habitat. The survival of this iconic cat depends on it.

The protections will ensure that all giraffe parts trade were legally acquired instead of from poached giraffes trade by requiring countries to make non-detriment findings before allowing giraffe exports.

The lawsuit is a response to the Trump administration’s recent dismantling of our most effective law for protecting wildlife—the worst blow to the act since its inception.

By creating hurdles to species protections, the Trump Administration will hamstring the much-needed leadership that the U.S. has provided to the global wildlife conservation community for decades.

There are now around only 400 right whales left and less than a quarter of those are breeding females. At the current rate of decline, we will lose our iconic East Coast whale forever in just a few decades.

The smallest porpoise species, found only in the northern Gulf of California, Mexico, has only around ten individuals left, making it the most critically endangered marine mammal on the planet.

The bedrock conservation law saves 99 percent of the plants and animals it protects—and we need it now more than ever.

Extending CITES protections to sharks will help safeguard additional shark species threatened by international trade, while strengthening how this international treaty enforces the protection of some of the most important and vulnerable predators that swim our oceans.

The UN has issued a new report on the puzzle we must work out to combat climate change, secure food supplies, and avoid the extinction of more than a million species. 

Giraffes receive little international protection even though they face many threats, including habitat loss, disease, international trade in giraffe parts, and hunting trophies.

At the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which takes place August 17-28, the Parties will again vote on whether to legalize the international commercial…