This is the last update by John Frizell from the CITES meeting that has just ended. You can read the first here and the second here . The bird is back. Yesterday there were two very small ones flying around the room. Today a larger one, that looked like the one seen last week, made a brief appearance. It looked well fed and active. Perhaps it is not lost at all. Perhaps it has a nest or burrow amid the ceiling fittings 12 meters above our seats. Below, on the floor of the meeting, the final hours of the meeting played out. Last ditch attempts to gain protection for the hammerhead shark were defeated in the name of economic need. And the one small victory, the listing of the Porbeagle shark was overturned. Not a single marine species got any protection despite being depleted to 20% or even 10% of their natural abundance. Continue reading The wildlife flies away…

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Greenpeace – Making Waves: The wildlife flies away