Ignoring the plight of polar bears, CITES Parties gathered in Doha at the 15th Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) voted to hasten the polar bear’s demise by failing to support an uplisting to Appendix I which would have banned all international commercial trade in the bears and their parts.
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Death Knell for Polar Bears as CITES Votes Against Conservation
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