Plants and Animals

Hi Jennifer, There have been persistent rumours in the international wildlife community that some whales are going to be removed from the IUCN Red List. Probably this rumour origins from the High North Alliance’s press release'entitled 'Whales off … [Read more...] about Less or More Protection Needed for Whales? A Note from Ann Novek

Greenpeace and most anti whaling organisations proclaimed victory for the whales after the annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Anchorage and a deafening defeat for the pro-whaling nations. This is hardly the truth. Most IWC … [Read more...] about Japan Really a Winner from Recent IWC Meeting: A Note from Ann Novek

"Europe's first songbird reintroduction programme is celebrating after cirl buntings, one of Britain's rarest and most attractive small birds, were found last week to be breeding in Cornwall - where they had been extinct for many years... Read the … [Read more...] about Songbird Returns to Cornwall

"The Sustainable Development Network (SDN), a coalition of people-oriented conservation groups, today called upon delegates to the CITES meeting in The Hague to reconsider the ban on sale of tiger parts, which it says is undermining effective … [Read more...] about Let People Sell Tigers: Message from Sustainable Development Network

There is a big international meeting (the 55th meeting of the Standing Committee to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES) currently underway in The Hauge, Netherlands, and China is hoping for support, in particular from … [Read more...] about China Wants Support for Tiger Farms

The 59th Annual International Whaling Commission Meeting wrapped last Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska. If you were distracted over the last couple of weeks, as I was, and missed some of the discussions, including at this blog, you can catch-up by … [Read more...] about Whaling Commission Meeting Wrapped Up