Illegal fish bladder trade could sound the death knell for the last 10 vaquita porpoises
A thriving online illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish is helping to drive the vaquita porpoise to the brink of extinction
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Criminal fish bladder trade could sound the death knell for the last 10 vaquita porpoises
A new investigation has revealed that the illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish which is driving the vaquita porpoise to extinction is thriving on social media
CITES gets tough with Mexico to compel it to protect critically endangered vaquita porpoises
Following sustained calls from EIA and its campaign partners for Mexico to clamp down on the illegal totoaba fish trade which is driving the critically endangered vaquita porpoise to extinction, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has today announced it is taking action
In approving totoaba fish trade, CITES may have signed the death warrant for the vaquita porpoise
An international meeting has given the green light for commercial farming and trade in captive-bred totoaba fish – and in doing so may have condemned the last few remaining vaquita porpoises to extinction
CITES approves totoaba fish trade in major blow to imperiled vaquita porpoise
The 74th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided by nine votes to six on Thursday to permit Earth Ocean Farms (EOF), an aquaculture facility in Mexico, to engage in trade of captive-bred totoaba fish
World heritage be dammed: as reckless dam nears completion, Tanzania must not be let off the hook
The Tanzanian Government, after pushing to inscribe the Selous on the World Heritage List in recognition of its outstanding universal value, singlehandedly decided to greenlight a massive hydropower dam in the middle of the reserve, a decision which experts agree is pushing the area irreversibly close to an environmental catastrophe