At a global conference, which occurred during this week, in a contest between trade and conservation, trade and commerce seemed to have gained an upper hand. What is surprising is that the main focus of the conference was to try and offer protection to endangered and troubled wildlife.

Delegates from all over the world gathered in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, and outright rejected proposals which were pushed forward by the United States to impose restrictions on trade in polar bears and Atlantic bluefin tuna, in spite of the very strong arguments that climate change and global warming were actually endangering polar bears, and that the bluefish tuna has been fished to dangerously low levels.

On an earlier occasion, the group had defeated a measured which was focused on brining to light all the problems in the global shark trade.

Representatives of the 175 countries, who have come together at the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, can choose to revise the decision before the meeting officially closes next week, but so far, they have shown little inclination to making some economical sacrifices for the sake of offering protection to the environmental factors.