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FWS Announces Priorities for March 2013 CITES Meeting

The Fish and Wildlife Service announced tentative U.S. negotiating positions, agenda items, and proposals for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, March 3-14. U.S. priorities include listing polar bears…

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as threatened with extinction in Appendix I, efforts to combat elephant and rhino poaching, and a passport system for musicians who travel with musical instruments made from CITES-listed animal and plant species. The tentative U.S. positions are available here.