Cites summit moves to protect the world's most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictionsGovernments have launched a crackdown on the rampant billion-dollar trade in rosewood timber that is plundering forests across the planet to feed a booming luxury furniture market in China.The Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) summit on Thursday placed all 300 species of rosewood under trade restrictions, meaning criminals can no longer pass off illegally logged species as legitimate. Continue reading...
Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on 'rampant' trade in rosewood
29. září 2016 19:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/29/wildlife-summit-cracks-down-on-illegal-rosewood-trade
Zdroj: The Guardian