Nhema in bid to resume ivory trade
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A ZIMBABWEAN delegation led by Environment and Tourism minister Francis Nhema is in Thailand to back a bid at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) conference by southern African countries to resume trade in ivory.
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Wildlife trade talks in Bangkok give Swaziland the green light to export some of its white rhinos and bring in trophy hunters to shoot them.
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THE HAGUE -- African nations agreed yesterday to a massive ivory sell-off and a nine-year freeze on further sales, in a move conservationists hoped would mean a reprieve for elephant herds from poachers and smuggling syndicates.
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Four gorillas at the center of a five-year international tussle will finally return to Cameroon at the end of November, the South African government said Friday.
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The fate of some of the world's animals and plants may be decided at a conference on wildlife trade.
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The African elephant got a new line of defense against poachers Monday after a global wildlife conference approved measures aimed at wiping out the continent's illegal ivory trade.
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Bickering African countries remained deadlocked Tuesday on whether to ease an 18-year international ban on ivory sales, with opponents warning it will increase the poaching threat in places where elephants have almost disappeared.
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Cajoling diamond dealers in Antwerp, pressing for peace in strife-torn Ivory Coast and building bridges at a central African summit, Thabo Mbeki has a schedule that only the busiest diplomat could love.
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West African leaders meeting in Ghana with instability in Ivory Coast high on their agenda.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki said Sunday he was ready to make concrete proposals  to revive a peace process in Ivory Coast after visiting the  rebel-held north of the country on a mediation mission.
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African nations are engaged in last-ditch negotiations on elephants and ivory as the CITES meeting nears its end.
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A United Nations conference adopted a proposal on Friday to tighten controls on the trade of a commercially valuable hardwood known as ramin, which could help save the endangered orang-utan ape.
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Talks on agricultural trade are set resume Monday in the latest session of the Doha round of world trade negotiations.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Ivory Coast rebels vowed on  Monday to repel army attacks robustly as African leaders sought  to resurrect a peace process in the world's top cocoa grower  and the United Nations mulled an arms embargo.
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African countries have agreed a deal on the immediate future of the ivory trade.
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The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to spend more than $27 million on recovery efforts for the ivory-billed woodpecker, despite conflict views on whether it exists.
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Peace talks on the Darfur conflict are due to resume on Thursday, despite delegates being delayed en route.