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2010-03-18

Polar bear

Proposed international trade bans on polar bears and bluefin tuna are rejected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

A polar bear attacks and kills a woman and her son in Wales, Alaska, United States, after charging several others, in the first fatal attack since the early 1980s. The bear is shot and killed following the attack.
2023-01-17

At the 19th CITES Conference of the Parties in Panama City, member states adopt stricter measures on the trade of 54 requiem and hammerhead shark species.
2022-11-25

A polar bear kills a 38-year-old Dutch man at campsite near Longyearbyen, on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The bear was then shot dead near Svalbard Airport. It is the first fatal bear attack on Svalbard since a British student was attacked and killed in 2011.
2020-08-28

At CITES meeting in Thailand, participating nations vote in effect various restrictions on the trade of critically endangered hardwood trees.
2013-03-12

Five species of shark and two species of manta ray receive international protection as part of CITES.
2013-03-11

The United States Government sets aside an area in Alaska twice the size of the United Kingdom as a "critical habitat" for polar bears.
2010-11-25

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2010-03-18

Polar bear

Proposed international trade bans on polar bears and bluefin tuna are rejected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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