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...TIME: As video on the Web becomes more widespread, do you think eBay's marketplace will allow videos of items for sale instead of just photos...
...thorough and detailed list of animals that are endangered?and thus banned in all trade?already exists in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which was established in 1975. But huge profits, widespread corruption, underfunding of enforcement agencies and a lack of political will mean that the bans enacted in the treaty are often ineffective, conservationists say. "It's a very pessimistic situation," Redford says gloomily. Evidence collected by WildAid suggests that increased seizures in recent years aren't so much evidence of more vigilance by governments as a sharp growth in the trade itself. A recent study...
...eating exotic animals and using them for ancient medicines are practices deeply rooted in Chinese culture. There have been fleeting signs of change. In June, the soon-to-open Hong Kong Disneyland took shark's fin soup off the menu following public protests over the damage that widespread consumption of the popular Chinese dish was doing to global shark populations. During the 2003 SARS crisis, wildlife activists dared to hope?briefly?that real change was possible. Scientists concluded that SARS had passed from wild civet cats to humans, most likely because the civets are a popular winter dish in China...
...students also noted that the space should have widespread appeal...
...First Lady Janet Museveni, a high-profile member of one of the country's fast-growing evangelical churches, has been spreading a message of abstinence and even advocates a "virginity census," though she's short on details about how to conduct it. President Yoweri Museveni last year attacked the widespread use of condoms in a speech to the U.N. aids Conference in Bangkok. With such powerful people on one side, Were thinks the official policy of a balanced approach is getting drowned out: "Evangelical churches are enjoying the crisis we are going through and taking advantage of it to promote...