Up to 73 million sharks are killed annually to support
the global trade in their fins.
A recent report on
global trade in endangered species conducted by WWF found that when it comes to elephants, China is «failing on key aspects of compliance or enforcement» — which seems like serious understatement.
«With
the global trade in shark fins pushing sharks toward extinction, it will take strong actions such as this to prevent us from making irreversible changes to our ocean ecosystems,» said Whit Sheard, senior advisor for Oceana, a maritime conservation organization.
It's a drop in the bucket compared to the total value of the illicit
global trade in wildlife, but WWF's winning a $ 5 million grant from Google is one more small step in eradicating the black market in endangered species.
Why: Allgeier and the members of CSI are strong supporters of Ambassador Froman's push for the Trans Atlantic and Trans Pacific trade deals, as well as
a global Trade in Services Agreement and Fast Track trade legislation.
The European Union (EU) is often regarded as a world leader in animal protection issues, and is also one of the largest players in
global trade in the world.
The CSIRO article stated that there is an existing
global trade in ammonia.
As the EIA explains, even though
the global trade in rosewood furniture had been restricted under a global treaty agreement since 2013, Chinese demand for antique rosewood has actually increased with rising prosperity.
[ix] To target the problem at its source, much more attention must be given to constraining extraction of and
global trade in fossil fuels.
Gibson Guitars» agreement to pay a $ 300,000 fine for its role in importing illegal timber from Madagascar is a major breakthrough in the fight to end the multi-billion dollar
global trade in illicit wood, said Global Witness today.
Instrument makers are a tiny fraction of
the global trade in such woods.
That's why it was encouraging to see Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton take an hour today at State Department headquarters to stress the importance of stemming the booming illicit
global trade in wildlife.
There are signs of hope for American salamanders in the face of a potential biological catastrophe — a fungus that could be carried here through
the global trade in exotic pets.
A University of Michigan genetic analysis has found that
the global trade in bullfrogs is a prime conduit for the chytrid fungus, which has been devastating amphibian populations around the world.
The key... is to clamp down on the small but often lucrative
global trade in amphibians.
With its motley sacks and tangles of cranes, the piece recalled the waterfront as it appeared before the arrival of the shipping container redefined
global trade in terms of anonymous, neatly stackable metric boxes that could just as easily contain weapons as toys.
The new globe sculpture titled «Trade Winds» refers not to its original meaning, related to weather patterns, but to the complex and tragic
global trade in human beings.
The extremely flammable ammonia was used as refrigerant, leading to a reluctance in adoption of the mechanical contraption, especially when the natural ice industry was flourishing — after all, one enterprising New Englander had kickstarted
a global trade in ice (see The Frozen Water Trade), figuring how to make a commodity out of an item that nature supplied in abundance all winter long.
This is followed by a more serious account of the impacts of
global trade in food on India by Vindana Shiva.
About 90 percent of
global trade in goods travels by ship, and the vessels together emit about as much greenhouse gases as Germany, the nation with the sixth - highest emissions in the world.
John Upton is a Senior Science Writer at Climate Central, where he has covered international climate negotiations, oceans research, climate change adaptation, and
the global trade in wood energy.
There's just one problem, a new study says: African elephants grow and reproduce too slowly to support a robust
global trade in the material, used for carvings and jewelry.
The relative freedom of movement and high levels of
global trade in the West account for the difference, says co-author Susan Shirley, a wildlife ecologist at Oregon State University, Corvallis.
This study compared
the global trade in shark fins to trade in sea cucumbers, and found that the news isn't universally good for conspicuous consumption products based on threatened sea life..
It is thought to be a hybrid strain created and spread by
the global trade in amphibians.
«Nigeria and other GECF members currently account for 42 percent of global gas production, 70 percent of global gas reserves, 40 percent of pipeline transmission of gas and 65 percent of
the global trade in Liquefied Natural Gas.
Although in the past conflict has often arisen between economically interdependent nations (viz. the previous peak of
global trade in 1914), the China - ASEAN relationship is one of fundamental interdependence of production, visible in the prevalence of international supply chaining in manufacturing processes, rather than solely trade and labour movement [i].
it has to be far and wide ranging so that it can impact
the global trade in players.
At the ICO 2010 World Coffee Conference, former World Bank coffee expert Daniele Giovannucci noted that in 2009 more than 8 %
global trade in raw (green) coffee was certified to one or another of the major sustainability initiatives.
Global trade in natural ingredients has increased dramatically in the last years, a growth driven by consumers that looks forward to safer cosmetics free of harmful chemicals.
Fairtrade International, a non-profit organization, oversees an alternative system of
global trade in which farmers and workers are paid a fair and stable price for their produce, regardless of changes in the market.
Global trade in food ingredients has increased dramatically in recent years, and companies are in a position to purchase ingredients and additives directly from an increasing range of suppliers worldwide.
Through the Consumer Goods Forum, the CDP / We Mean Business Coalition, and the public - private Tropical Forest Alliance 2020, hundreds of major companies have committed to eliminating commodity - driven deforestation from their supply chains by 2020, including companies that account for 90 percent of
the global trade in palm oil.
Consequently, Eurozone exports, in line with the sluggish performance of
global trade in recent years, were essentially static between 2012 and mid-2015.
Throughout our history, we have successfully relied on our exports and imports, particularly during the vast expansion of
global trade in the decades following the Second World War, to support our rising standard of living.
This open - ended investigation is a more moderate course of action against China than simply slapping tariffs on it, but if it does eventually escalate, the US could find itself reshaping
global trade in a big way.
The Asian giant still accounts for a large percentage of
global trade in important resources such as iron ore, aluminum, copper and coal.
These now represent markets 2.5 times the size of
global trade in all wood - related goods, which grew from C$ 360B to C$ 390B over the same period, and which is a key industry in the Atlantic Canada economy.
The ongoing trade dispute between the world's largest economies, China and the US, will harm
global trade in 2018.
Mt. Gox subsequently shot from obscurity to dominate
global trade in bitcoin, but as early as 2012 employees at the Tokyo - based exchange challenged Karpeles on issues such as whether client money was being used to cover costs.
According to the World Bank,
global trades in this market in 2007 were valued at more than $ 64 billion, more than doubling since 2006.
As a result, they now offer truly
global trading in a huge range of instruments, including bitcoin, money market mutual funds, bonds, and other fixed - income securities.
Not exact matches
Combine that with weak commodity prices, flat
global trade and the governance risk associated with companies
in many of these countries, and safety - minded investors are perhaps best served by limiting their exposure to the grouping at this time.
Global stocks have been a hot
trade for investors with the iShares MSCI emerging markets ETF (EEM) surging more than 15 percent
in the past year, outperforming the S&P 500, which is up just 10 percent
in that time.
With the expansion of small businesses
in global trade and more accessibility to unique products from a greater range of places, previously unreachable geographical markets will open up.
He points to high levels of
global debt, low liquidity
in markets, political events affecting
trade and structural imbalances
in some emerging economies.
In what might be its most ambitious idea, the Barton panel says Canada should organize its economic policy around becoming a
global trading hub bridging Asia and Europe.
NEW YORK, April 23 -
Global benchmark Brent crude turned positive
in volatile
trade on Monday as it jockeyed between downward pressure after Iran dashed hopes that OPEC would extend its production cap pact and support on fears that U.S. sanctions could dampen Iran's output.
«The internationalization of the DCE iron ore contracts will give greater access to the
global commodity community to
trade in the world's biggest onshore ferrous market,» Lee Kirk, managing director at Cargill Metals, said
in an email.
In 2017, Dalian iron ore volumes reached nearly 33 billion tonnes versus
global annual
trade of about 1.5 billion tonnes.