UN meeting fails to protect marine species

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 15:07 in Biology & Nature

(AP) -- Aggressive lobbying from Asian nations led by Japan killed all efforts to protect marine species at a U.N. meeting, leaving environmentalists fuming Thursday that efforts to conserve bluefin tuna and sharks were undermined by commercial interests.

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