Decline And Fall
INDONESIA signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1978. CITES is an international convention aimed at ensuring that trade in wild animals and plants does not endanger their survival. However, protection of Sumatran elephants and tigers, which were officially declared as endangered species in 2002, remains woefully lacking, proven by the rapid decline in their numbers.
April 28, 2015
INDONESIA signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1978. CITES is an international convention aimed at ensuring that trade in wild animals and plants does not endanger their survival. However, protection of Sumatran elephants and tigers, which were officially declared as endangered species in 2002, remains woefully lacking, proven by the rapid decline in their numbers.
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