«The fast pace of development of sea cucumber fisheries to supply growing international demand is placing most fisheries and many sea cucumber species at risk,» said the study. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
In the DRC, the study states, growing international demand for palm oil led to an increase in the nation's production of the product from 175,000 tons per year in the 1990s to 215,000 tons in 2010. (scientificamerican.com)
However, growing international demand for seafood and sustained lobbying by powerful commercial fishing interests in the 1980s led the British government to repeal various seabed protection measures. (goldmanprize.org)