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but they have been dying at unprecedented rates because of a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). The situation is so dire that in late June the White house gave a new task force just 180 days to devise a coping strategy to protect bees and other pollinators.
#Wildlife trade meeting endorses DNA TESTING of seized ivory If you go into a bar in Bangkok tonight,
the states party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) took the unprecedented step of granting protection to sharks and various species of tropical timber tree in their final vote today.
Tom Milliken, who works for the wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC, which is headquartered in Cambridge, UK and has been involved heavily in the debates about elephant poaching,
what's called colony collapse disorder. New pesticides called neonicotinoids which are implanted directly into plants might be to blame but nothing's definitive the New york times reports.
Lucas K. â##If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth man would only have four years left to live. â#â##Albert Einsteinthere's a long article Colony collapse disorder on wikipedia that is definitely worth reading
or wireless signals Colony collapse disorder has been around for almost 100 years. It was first report was in the American Bee Journal in 1918 not 2005 as the source article suggests.
#Machines Sniff out Illegal Specimens Of Wood Illegally traded specimens of endangered species present a huge problem to investigators and customs officials all over the world.
Wildlife trade is one thing, and forensic specialists have managed to come up with some ingenious (and spectacular) deterrents to illegal wildlife trade,
including advanced DNA TESTING that is now used to protect endangered or threatened animals. Detecting illegal wood products is more challenging,
If the wood is a match for a rare or endangered species, the authorities can take action against the people using illegally forested wood.
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