Introduction Few needs in life are more essential than health care. Everywhere in the world, people desire access to effective medicines, hospitals and care providers so that they can live long and healthy lives. On average, Americans spend over $7,000.00 on health care each year, while Europeans spend around half this figure. To put this… Continue reading Rational Use: Traditional Medicines and Bear Farming in China
By Marco Pani-IWMC For the second consecutive time a proposal to list in Appendix II of CITES the species of genera Corallium and Paracorallium, included in the family Coralliidae, is submitted to the Conference of the Parties to CITES. This time also the proposal is mainly an anecdotic summary without real scientific evidence that these… Continue reading PROPOSAL No. 21 Inclusion of the family Coralliidae in Appendix II – Ten reasons to reject the proposal
A NATURALHISTORY From the very beginnings of mankind, the world’s oceans and water ways have provided essential sustenance that has supported the development of life. The consumption of fisheries by humans and other animals represents an important part of our modern world, as well as our natural history.Today, our ability to take fish out of… Continue reading CITES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES
From the very beginnings of man kind, the world’s oceans and waterways have provided essential sustenance that has supported the development of life. The consumption of fisheries by humans and other animals represents an important part of our modern world, as well as our natural history. Today, our ability to take fish out of the… Continue reading CITES AND THE MANAGEMENT OF FISHERIES
Authors Francisco J. Herrera-TeranJaques Berney, IWMC Executive Vice PresidentEugène Lapointe, IWMC President Abstract The document’s main focus is trade and fisheries resources as exhaustible natural resources. It contains reviews of recent negotiations at the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Convention onBiological Diversity (CBD), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Convention… Continue reading Trade Issues and Sustainability of Fisheries Resources
The Benefits of Trade in Seal Products AT ONE WITH NATURE Visitors to the northern reaches of the world are struck by the natural beauty of the rugged landscape, the purity of the air, and the abundance of sea life in the oceans. Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Finland and Sweden lay claim to some of… Continue reading SEALS AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Editorial Wild tigers were supposed to have been put on the path to recovery in 1993 when trade in tiger products was banned. However, the numbers of wild tigers in its entire range, have continued to fall sharply, leading some experts to voice the opinion that the measure has failed. The big question of how… Continue reading Tiger Conservation: Itʼs Time to Think Outside the Box
Sharks – Key facts Sharks have swum the oceans for around 250 million years, residing at the top of the marine food chain. Their only known predators are other sharks and man. Nearly 400 shark species exist, covering most parts of the world. Among the largest are the whale shark, which can grow to a… Continue reading THE MANAGEMENT OF SHARKS – Conserve Through Trade
By J. Berney, IWMC World Conservation Trust. Foreword This paper has not been prepared as a contribution to the review of the CITES criteria for amendment of Appendices I and II. It is published relative to the broad discussion surrounding the potential listing of commercially-exploited marine resources and the related potential conflict between CITES and… Continue reading CITES and Commercial Fisheries Relationship between CITES and FAO and RMFOs
Originally published in Wildlife. On behalf of the Boni people of Kenya, Daniel Stiles puts forward the case that traditional hunting can go hand in hand with conservation.
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