Global wildlife talks open Monday, with debates set to take on questions ranging from protection of sharks, a bid to allow limited rhino horn sales and a push to restrict the trade in eels.

More than 180 nations are to join conservation experts in Uzbekistan's Samarkand to discuss dozens of wildlife trade and protection proposals.

The meeting brings together signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

The 50-year-old agreement is considered a key framework for protecting the world's most endangered animals and plants, and regulates trade in some 36,000 species.

The proposals on the table attempt to strengthen protections for several shark species, weaken restrictions on trade in giraffes and open the way to limited sales o

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