Rare Plants And Endangered Species Such As Tigers At Risk From Traditional Medicine
Saturday, July 5, 2008 - 21:14
in Biology & Nature
Two reports from TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network, on traditional medicine systems in Cambodia and Vietnam suggest that illegal wildlife trade, including entire tiger skeletons, and unsustainable harvesting is depleting the region's rich and varied biodiversity and putting the primary health care resource of millions at risk.