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'They are deserving of the highest level of protection'
Nearly half of the planet's Natural World Heritage sites threatened.
Campaigners are warning that nearly half of the planet's Natural World Heritage sites are threatened by the illegal trade in wildlife.
A report by the conservation charity WWF said poaching of elephants and illegal logging and fishing is putting the lives of critically endangered species at risk.
Heather Sohl is chief adviser on wildlife at the World Wildlife Fund and John Scanlon is secretary general of CITES, the convention on international trade in endangered species,
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