Brussels, 21/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 20 June, EU environment ministers gave their backing to an EU action plan to tackle the lucrative criminal trade in species of wild fauna and flora (see EUROPE 11501). The Council's unanimous conclusions were adopted only four months after the Commission's proposal was brought forward, ahead of the next conference of the parties to the CITES convention, in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 24 September to 5...