Basket Case
Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Go to the markets at Cikini Station in Jakarta and you will see lines of cute little baskets made elegantly from strips of wood. Enjoy it while you can. The wood that these baskets are made from will soon be protected by international convention. The basket makers will soon have to find something else to weave with.
The decision came from Switzerland, where the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is base
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