Bradnee chambers biography of michaels
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CMS
Unless the science fiction of Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” becomes science fact sometime soon, extinction will continue to mean gone forever; and if we want to avoid losing more species, we must början learning from the mistakes of the past; unfortunately the bevis suggests that all too often we seem determined to repeat them.
Humans have hunted animals for food since time immemorial and taking “one for the pot” was not idrott but ganska simply the only way to feed one’s family. The artisanal methods using bow and arrow or nets made from home-spun twine and the level of the harvest meant such hunting was entirely sustainable. But how things have changed.
In additional to other threats, man-made and natural, such as climate change, habitat loss, collisions with vehicles, power lines and wind turbines, wildlife faces another totally avoidable danger: brottsligt wildlife trade. Along with trafficking of drugs, arms and people it ranks as one of the most lucrative criminal
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Sharks and Rays at CMS COP11
COP11
The COP11 decision to list no fewer than 21 additional shark and ray species represents a remarkable moment in the history of CMS. Proposed by Kenya, Egypt, the European Union, Fiji, Costa Rica and Ecuador, the additions comprised six shark species (three thresher sharks, silky shark, great hammerhead and scalloped hammerhead) and 15 rays (the sawfishes, devil rays and reef manta ray). All 120 Parties agreed that these species require international protection, and in some cases even strict protection.
As of February 2015, when the COP11 listings came into force, the Convention counts 29 species of sharks and rays in its two Appendices (see table on page 114). Sixteen ray species (manta rays, devil rays and sawfishes) and two shark species (white and basking sharks) are listed in Appendix I and Appendix II, while an additional 11 shark species are contained only in Appendix II.
The species listed in Appendix I – the highest protection category