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Species survival plans crucial at CITES

Theories abound for dinosaurs' dramatic exit from the planet millions of years ago. Now another mass extinction is underway on Earth, but this time the cause is amply clear: humans. It's time to stop trading Earth's biodiversity for profits, and put preservation first at UN negotiations now underway in Santiago, Chile.

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CITES: Brazil and Lula must save mahogany

"Brazil and Lula: Save Mahogany". This is Greenpeace activists' message today for Brazil's new president Luiz Inacio da Silva, affectionately known by the public as "Lula". Without decisive support at the UN meeting now underway, the illegal trade in mahogany will continue to fuel Amazon destruction, crime and corruption in Brazil.

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600 children tell CITES to save species

Spectacular animals like whales, elephants and jaguars may become little more than mythical creatures to children of the future. But this is an unhappy ending that children of today took action to prevent. More than six hundred of them marched through Santiago, Chile today to tell decision makers at a UN CITES meeting to save Earth's precious biodiversity for future generations.

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CITES: Survival hangs from thread

Two dramatic Greenpeace actions today and yesterday stressed the plight of endangered species to delegates who will vote to decide their fate. Decisions being made this week on toothfish, sharks, and elephants and other threatened species at the UN CITES meeting will determine the role international trade plays in their uncertain futures.

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Mahogany, sharks, dolphins and whales get protection

Creating free trade zones has become a hot topic in South America, but this week trade of another kind was on the minds of many in Santiago as world governments met to discuss the international trade in threatened and endangered species.

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Politicians dawdle as fish disappear

Despite stark warnings from scientists that many fish stocks in the North Sea are close to collapse EU politicians did as they have always done over fish stocks - fudged the issue so both the fish and the fishermen will lose out eventually.

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You can take action to help the Chilean Sea Bass. Send a fax to the CITES delegation asking them to support the Australian proposal and list toothfish on CITES Appendix II.