Word: tourists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...solution is less certain in those parts of Africa racked by starvation and civil war, where CITES decisions carry little weight, tourist dollars are nonexistent, and the herds continue to shrink. In Angola and Mozambique, for example, rebels use ivory to help finance military operations. Said a spokesman for Mozambique: "If the war stops, people can live, students can go back to school, and yes, we can save elephants...
...said the Zaire area is limited in resources, adding that the boundaries would have little effect on subsistence practices. In addition, he said, huntergatherers could be trained as park rangers because of the tourist industry that the park would spawn...
Mayor Agnos disputed the accusations that the city does not normally provide adequate shelter. He said San Francisco already pays for 2900 hotel rooms a night and that the city needs convention and tourist revenue to finance a new $17 million program to create 3000 additional dwellings for the poor within a year...
...there such a lull in boats going by?" puzzled one tourist in a bright red ski jacket aloud to his companion, munching on a hunk of Italian sausage. Indeed, very few observers care about who wins or who loses. Very few seem to know that the regatta is a series of races. Some know even less. A woman wearing a Lesley College sweatshirt and sunglasses spoke distractedly, pointing first downstream, then upstream, then across the river, "So what's the deal? The races are going this way?" And others still less--"Are we near Harvard Square...
...prearranged sites. In Angola rebels help finance military operations with ivory. Among the larger bands of poachers, some men are designated as cooks, others as porters, assigned to lug the ammunition, mosquito netting and axes for cutting off tusks. Those who cross their path, be they ranger or tourist, risk death...