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CITES tightens global wildlife trade rules

Delegates to a treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals ended a major summit after revising international trade rules for dozens of species.

Giraffes in the savanna of southern Africa
Giraffes in the savanna of southern Africa (AN/Andréas L.P. Astier)

GENEVA (AN) — Delegates to a 183-nation treaty for protecting endangered plants and animals ended a major summit on Wednesday after revising international trade rules for dozens of species ranging from African giraffes and elephants to mako sharks and Tokay geckos.

At the 12-day summit held just once every three years, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, considered proposals to change the level of protections required for species of wild animals and plants that are traded internationally.

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