找回密码
 注册
楼主: 喜欢琥珀
打印 上一主题 下一主题

2011,LET'S CHAT IN ENGLISH ~

[复制链接]

193

主题

0

好友

5147

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

16#
发表于 2010-3-22 16:20 |只看该作者
Demise of Coral, Salamander Show Impact of Web
Conservationists at UN wildlife meeting say Internet fueling trade in endangered species
By MICHAEL CASEY
The Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar



The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists and law enforcement officers said Sunday.

The Web's impact was made clear at the meeting of the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES. Delegates voted overwhelmingly Sunday to ban the trade of the Kaiser's spotted newt, which the World Wildlife Fund says has been devastated by the Internet trade.

A proposal from the United States and Sweden to regulate the trade in red and pink coral — which is crafted into expensive jewelry and sold extensively on the Web — was defeated. Delegates voted the idea down mostly over concerns the increased regulations might impact poor fishing communities.

Trade on the Web poses "one of the biggest challenges facing CITES," said Paul Todd, a campaign manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

"The Internet is becoming the dominant factor overall in the global trade in protected species," he said. "There will come a time when country to country trade of large shipments between big buyers and big sellers in different countries is a thing of the past."

The IFAW has done several surveys of illegal trade on the Web and a three-month survey in 2008 found more than 7,000 species worth $3.8 million sold on auction sites, classified ads and chat rooms, mostly in the United States but also Europe, China, Russia and Australia. Most of what is traded is illegal African ivory but the group has also found exotic birds along with rare products such as tiger-bone wine and pelts from protected species like polar bears and leopards.

A separate 2009 survey by the group Campaign Against the Cruelty to Animals targeted the Internet trade in Ecuador, finding offers to sell live capuchin monkeys, lion cubs and ocelots.

"As the Internet knows no borders, it causes several new problems regarding the enforcement of the protection of endangered species," the group said in its report.

John Sellar, CITES' chief law enforcement officer, argued the impact of the Web was overblown and that many species that appear illegal may in fact may be legal. He also said many big traders were reluctant to use the Internet, since payments can be traced and they can be ensnared in undercover operations.

"There seems to be little evidence that there are commercial operations using the Internet," Sellar said. "Although the risks may be small depending on which country you are living in, you can be identified when using the Internet. So there are clearly risks there."

Still, a CITES committee endorsed an e-commerce proposal Sunday that calls on governments to draft measures to address the Internet trade and law enforcement agencies to dedicate a unit to focus on it.

The private sector has also moved to limit the illegal trade.

EBay, which was singled out in the IFAW survey as being a main source of much of the ivory sales, said in a statement that it instituted a complete ban on the ivory trade in 2008, which activists said has helped slow the trade in tusks on the Web.

The newt is a textbook example of what can happen to one species through trade on the Web. According to a study by the WWF, the black and brown salamander with white spots is coveted in the pet trade. They number only around 1,000 and live in Iran's Zagros Mountains. About 200 have been traded annually over the years, mostly through a Web site operated out of Ukraine. Their population has fallen 80 percent.

"The Internet itself isn't the threat, but it's another way to market the product," said Ernie Cooper, who spearhead the investigation into the newt for TRAFFIC Canada. "Most people are not willing to pay $300 for a salamander. But through the power of the Internet, tapping into the global market, you can find buyers."

The red and pink coral, which consist of 32 species, are harvested in deep Mediterranean waters and turned into expensive jewelry either in Italy or cheaper place like Taiwan and China, according to the marine conservation group SeaWeb.

It is the most widely traded and valuable of all precious corals but has no international protection, resulting in a brisk international trade in the species, the group said.

Opposition to the coral proposal was led by Japan, which also successfully spearheaded efforts last week to defeat a proposed ban on the international export of Atlantic bluefin tuna, a key ingredient in sushi. They were joined by several coastal states including Indonesia, Malaysia and Iceland, all of whom argued the corals are crucial to the survival of local communities and are not overharvested.

Meanwhile, delegates approved a voluntary conservation plan for endangered tigers that calls for tougher legislation in countries home to the big cats to tackle widespread smuggling and boost money spent on law enforcement.

The British plan also calls for countries to better control tiger farms and to phase out traditional medicine markets which fuel demand for tiger parts. The proposal includes no funding for the 13 tiger range countries, only a request for donor assistance.

The Tiger population has plummeted because of human encroachment, the loss of nine-tenths of their habitat and poaching to supply the illegal trade. Their numbers have fallen from 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to around 3,600 today.


Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Copyright © 2010 ABC News Internet Ventures

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

17#
发表于 2010-3-22 16:39 |只看该作者
The  advice of  hammen  is  good .    thanks.   i have  seen  foreign film  and tv  with  its  own language  from  several  years  ago!  but   my   progress  is not  obviously .   by  the  way ,  what  is  mean  'do  not  you  trapped  mody'?
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

21

主题

0

好友

990

积分

超级会员

Rank: 6Rank: 6

18#
发表于 2010-3-22 19:26 |只看该作者
17# 喜欢琥珀

More than 6 points, I think that's too early
这世道做人不要太好,否则会被别人认为你有阴谋。

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

19#
发表于 2010-3-22 20:07 |只看该作者
i  am  a  bit   strange  sometimes.    when  it  is a weekend,   i   usually wake  up   earlier   than  other  days. that  is  why  i  get  up  so  early~
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

139

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

新城巡逻猫

Rank: 8Rank: 8

20#
发表于 2010-3-22 20:56 |只看该作者
i have fought with sands today,,,
我们是猫,快乐的猫
独来独往,没有虚伪,不会讨好

50

主题

0

好友

1844

积分

邻居商家

21#
发表于 2010-3-22 21:51 |只看该作者
it is good posts!
i played Mahjong until one or two in the morning last Sat. it really expended myself!
the whole experience is exhausting (it lasts approximately 4 hours, including lunch).The result was that i spend 4 hours to recover myself in beauty salon (Gua Sha treatment+foot massage+makeup course).

i  played mahjong rarely at ordinary times. i was happy with friends ,but i did  feel unconfortable !
湘江水逝楚云飞,落花依水味犹蕾。

53

主题

0

好友

1893

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

22#
发表于 2010-3-23 01:13 |只看该作者
Up
冬眠......

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

23#
发表于 2010-3-23 10:38 |只看该作者
my  girl  student  has quarrelled  with  a  man  who wants to  pick  a  quarrel  just   now ,    i  prevent  it.    But   i think   the  man  was  a   bad-Temper    man.
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

24#
发表于 2010-3-24 10:58 |只看该作者
i  slept  late  last  night.   I  woke  up   a  bit  late .  but   i  fortunately  had not   been  late.
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

25#
发表于 2010-3-24 12:24 |只看该作者
Thank  for  providing  an  article  from  yuyu . but   i have  some  difficult  of  reading  the  article   because  of  some  new   words .
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

26#
发表于 2010-3-24 17:26 |只看该作者
本帖最后由 喜欢琥珀 于 2010-3-24 19:26 编辑

Today  is  the  birthday   of   my  Mr. right!         Best  wishes  to   him.
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

193

主题

0

好友

5147

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

27#
发表于 2010-3-24 17:36 |只看该作者
Thank  for  providing  an  article  from  yuyu . but   i have  some  difficult  of  reading  the  article   because  of  some  new   words .
喜欢琥珀 发表于 2010-3-24 12:24

it would be better like this:

yuyu, thank you for the news, it is good but something I could not understand smoothly due to the "new words".

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

28#
发表于 2010-3-24 17:48 |只看该作者
Yuyu,  you  are  so  kind . let  me  know where  my  expression is  not  right.   thanks  a  lot.
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

379

主题

0

好友

1万

积分

终极会员

Rank: 8Rank: 8

29#
发表于 2010-3-24 19:31 |只看该作者
Today  is  the  birthday   of   my  Mr. right!         Best  wishes  to   him.
喜欢琥珀 发表于 2010-3-24 17:26


I  went  to   WEIDUOMEI  to  buy  a  small  cake  named   choclate  cheese  cake  after  work.
He  were  still  at  his  office  when  I    called  him.
So   I   decided  to  his  office to  send  this  cake  to  him  in  10 minutes.
When   he  saw me ,  he  was  so  surprised   and   happiness.
珍惜眼前  好好过每一天

50

主题

0

好友

1844

积分

邻居商家

30#
发表于 2010-3-24 19:58 |只看该作者
Happy birthday to the Mr Right of Hupo~!
湘江水逝楚云飞,落花依水味犹蕾。
您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

手机版|Archiver|长安新城

GMT+8, 2024-12-23 14:56 , Processed in 0.087278 second(s), 18 queries .

Powered by Discuz! X2.5

© 2001-2012 Comsenz Inc.

回顶部