[MPWG] NEWS: Trade bans & conservation: Call of the Wild

[Olivia Kwong]

This article is mostly about wildlife, but CITES also includes plants and 
this is an interesting discussion about whether or not trade bans aid 
conservation.

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10807694

Trade bans and conservation
Call of the wild

Mar 6th 2008 | LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO
>From The Economist print edition
Is the prohibition of trade saving wildlife, or endangering it?

TWIN dragons sit high above the bustle of Grant Street, marking the 
ceremonial entrance to San Francisco's Chinatown. Up a steep hill, the 
cheap souvenirs give way to more exotic wares: antique figures carved in 
the Japanese netsuke style, statues of monkeys and roosters, delicate 
earrings and necklaces. They are ivory. There are lots of them. And they 
shouldn't be there.

See the link above for the full article text.