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| WildAid to speak at TED conference |
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| On Wednesday , February 10, 2010 Peter Knights, Executive Director of WildAid will address the TED Conference in Long Beach, California about the threats to marine protected areas and the successful enforcement chain developed by WildAid for the Marine Protected Area of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. |
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| Illegal Wildlife Trade Found On The Internet |
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| The Internet provides illegal traders an anonymous way to market their goods and offers quick and untraceable sales. While inadequate governing of online companies continues, these black market traders can and will continue to flourish, according to AFP. |
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| Asia's greed for ivory puts African elephants at risk |
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| There has been a massive surge in illegal ivory trading, researchers warned last week. They have found that more than 14,000 products made from the tusks and other body parts of elephants were seized in 2009, an increase of more than 2,000 on their previous analysis in 2007. |
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