News@nature.com rounds up key decisions from this week’s conference on international trade in endangered species.

This year’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) drew to a close today after more than a week of tough negotiations. Representatives from 171 member states haggled over some 40 proposed changes to regulations governing the international trade of plants and animals, resulting in changes to the treatment of many (see slideshow).

News@nature.com rounds up key decisions from this week’s conference on international trade in endangered species.

This year’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) drew to a close today after more than a week of tough negotiations. Representatives from 171 member states haggled over some 40 proposed changes to regulations governing the international trade of plants and animals, resulting in changes to the treatment of many (see slideshow).