Cites tries to curb illegal logging
- Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 20.33
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Governments agreed Tuesday to step up efforts to protect threatened tree species from illegal loggers, amidst warnings that criminal gangs are plundering the world's forests.
The 178-member Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species on Flora and Fauna, known as Cites, agreed to restrict cross-border trade in ebony from Madagascar as well as rosewoods (phayung, in Thai) from the same island, as well as Southeast Asia and Central America.
"Never before have so many positive proposals to list tree species been adopted by Cites nations," said Juan Carlos Cantu of Defenders of Wildlife.
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