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Mar
15
2010

The US has agreed to back an international ban on trade in critically endangered bluefin tuna, and now the European Union nations will do so as well, with Malta being the only dissenting vote. That still leaves us with Japan, which consumes about 80% of the world's bluefin tuna, saying it won't participate when CITES votes to ban trade next week.

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Feb
3
2010

France will support a ban on global trade in bluefin tuna, a government official said on Wednesday, bowing to environmentalists' concerns about stocks of the giant fish found mainly in the Mediterranean.

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Nov
2
2009

"The hen harrier, one of the country’s rarest birds of prey, could be in danger of disappearing from England, a study has found.

Only six pairs bred successfully this year, a figure described as “critically low”. This has made the hawks especially vulnerable to hunters and natural events."

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Oct
22
2009

"From rhinos to redwood trees, the noughties decade has spelled the end for some species of plants and animals. Many have not been sighted in their natural habitat for some time, while others have been declared officially extinct by body that compiles an annual 'red list' of the status of endangered species, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)"

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