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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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On its agenda is Monaco's proposal to have a complete ban on the international commercial trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. Apart from issues like combating elephant poaching for ivory in Africa and banning trade in polar bear skins, those focusing on sharks and tuna are likely to be among the most contentious.

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Canada to Push Seal Hunt Agenda at G-7

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The Canadian government is so damn stubborn on this issue. The second half of the article deals with their attempts at pushing that damn seal hunt. Is it THAT much a part of its economy? Canada needs to stop exploiting its natural resources and move into a more sophisticated type of economy.

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The Conflict Between Animal Welfare and Agribusiness

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This article pretty much sums up how the two agendas are simply at cross-purposes. Compassion is perceived to hurt profits. It spotlights the Humane Society, but I think it's a pretty universal comparison.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Yet, the environmental problems are pulling people together, uniting the people with very different political views with the simplest of all agendas: “We want to breathe clean air, we want clean tap water.” Also, the Serbian Government has the opposition every government can dream about: weak, divided, unable to unite and confront.

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New York State’s First Common Greenshank

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With nothing particular on the agenda I could go see the bird! I had never seen a Common Greenshank in New York. I had never seen a Common Greenshank in the Western Hemisphere. I had never seen a Common Greenshank at all! I packed my gear as quickly as I could and asked Desi if he wanted to go with me.

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An Embarrassment of Riches

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This visit to southern Spain, however, fell in the middle of raptor migration, so flamingos were not on my agenda. My photos were poor, but unmistakeable. After all, what could you confuse with a flamingo? Then, the people we were visiting in Turkey took us to their favorite waterside walk in the large city of Izmir.

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Polar Bear Hunters Face Battle Over Extinction Worries

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A limit on the hunting of polar bears by sportsmen and native Arctic people will top the agenda at an international summit in Norway tomorrow, seen as vital to the survival of the predator. Native and sport polar bear hunters may be facing more restrictions due to increasing threats to bear populations.