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Tiger Medicinals Still Available in the U.S.
A 1997 survey by the Wildlife Trading Monitoring Network (TRAFFIC), an agency under the Convention on International
on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), found that products claiming to contain tiger parts can be
widely found in U.S. and Canadian cities, despite a ban on the import of such products since 1973. 41% of the stores
surveyed in Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle had products claiming to contain tiger products,
while 45% of the stores questioned in Toronto and Vancouver had such products.
"Rainforest" is used interchangeably with "rain forest" on this site. Same for "rainforests" and "rain forests". "Jungle" is generally not used.
Recent news
Amazon deforestation rate falls to lowest on record (8/10/2007) Deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon for the previous year were the lowest on record, according to preliminary figures released by INPE, Brazil's National Institute of Space Research.
Lowland rainforest less diverse than previously thought (8/9/2007) While rainforests are the world's libraries of biodiversity, species richness may be more evenly distributed in some forests than in others, reports an extensive new study by an international team of entomologists and botanists. The work, published in the current issue of the journal Nature, has important implications for forest management and conservation strategies.
Experts: parks effectively protect rainforest in Peru (8/9/2007) High-resolution satellite monitoring of the Amazon rainforest in Peru shows that land-use and conservation policies have had a measurable impact on deforestation rates. The research is published in the August 9, 2007, on-line edition of Science Express.
