Tiger economies

Article Abstract:

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is the chief cause for the latest decline in tiger populations, begun in the 1980s. Most of the world's tigers live in India, China and North Korea, and their numbers have risen and fallen due to complex economic and environmental factors. TCM accounts for most of the trade in tiger parts, with South Korea, China and Japan as the largest traders. The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species attempts to control trade in tiger parts, but individual countries are responsible for enforcing the convention's provisions.

Laws, regulations and rules, Asia, Endangered species, Medicine, Chinese, Traditional Chinese medicine, Tigers

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The long view of Everest

Article Abstract:

Students from Nepal are studying how to link environmental concerns and economic means in a landscape protection course at the International Centre for Protected Landscapes in Wales. Tourism in Nepal has led to improved health by decreasing infant mortality and fighting tuberculosis, but it has also brought extra garbage and deforestation. Students who complete this course will return to Nepal to help their communities balance biodiversity, local demands, and tourist development.

Travel industry, Study and teaching, Deforestation, Landscape protection, Nepal, Mount Everest

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Under fire

Article Abstract:

Fire may be a natural means of clearing underbrush and forests. Westerners tend to view fire only as destructive, but it has the constructive aspect of land management and conservation. African and aboriginal peoples have used fire to create new grasslands for hunting. Methodical rotations of fires in British heather moorlands clear out birch trees and scrub bushes to accommodate new growths of heather, which in turn attract and nourish sheep and wild animals.

Methods, Habitat (Ecology), Habitats, Fires, Nature conservation

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