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...treatment didn't work. From 1997 to 2007, following those stockpile sales, poaching and seizures of illegal ivory began to rise. In Tanzania alone, the percentage of elephant mortality attributed to poaching rose from 22% in 2003 to 62% in 2009. The wholesale price of high-quality ivory went from $200 per kilogram to $850 per kilogram in 2007, and then doubled again by 2009. As economies boomed in Asia - the destination for much of the ivory trade, at least initially - demand for white gold continued to rise. And ivory-trade regulation in the U.S. is confusing and full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: African Nations Move to 'Downlist' the Elephant | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...Youth is easily deceived," Aristotle said, "because it is quick to hope." But I'd rather think that the millennials know something we don't about the inventions that will emerge from their networked brains, the solutions that might arise from a generation so determined to bridge gaps and work as a team. In that event, their vision would be vindicated, not only for themselves but for those of us who will one day follow their lead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Generation Next | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

Outside of work, Bhabha likes to spend his time entertaining friends and family in his dining room. which has light green walls that open onto a wooden porch lined with electric lamps...

Author: By Jane Chun, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: FM Cribs Presents Homi K. Bhabha | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...noted the importance of connecting to undergraduates in different ways. “It’s hard to engage college students by saying that there’s a lecture series given by researchers,” said Chi. “You have to work with your audience and catch their attention with something a little more fun. That opens doors for talking about what we really do and what this money is going towards...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Donated Dates Raise Money For Cancer | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...quota bill constitutes progress toward eradicating the barriers that prevent gender equality because it would directly address the party boss-controlled electoral system that helps foster gender-based discrimination. The bill will allow women to enter the political realm and actively work to change a society that, despite having had a few female political leaders in the past, is still widely unequal...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: A Well-Intended Bill | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

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