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International rhino horn trade is illegal; however, a lucrative black market exists stemming from the rising demand from South East Asian countries, particularly Vietnam and China. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Rhino horn is estimated to be valued at $60,000 per 1 pound (0.45 kg) on the black market, a value approximately three times that of gold.
It also won the festival's Flamingo Award with the jury concluding that "This is an impressive and shocking film. The Jury believes the filmmakers, guided by the great main character Bonné de Bod, have managed to show us the immense complexity of the problem of rhino poaching. This body of work is a very powerful and emotional call to action." [5]
Shop fitting (shopfitting) is the trade of fitting out retail and service shops and stores with equipment, fixtures and fittings. The trade applies to all kinds of outlets from small corner shops to hypermarkets. A shop fitter executes planning, designs shop layout and installs equipment and services.
Under CITES Appendix I all international commercial trade of the black rhino horn is prohibited since 1977. [40] China though having joined CITES since 8 April 1981 is the largest importer of black rhino horns. [68] [citation needed] However, this is a trade in which not only do the actors benefit, but so do the nation states ignoring them as well.
Ivory trade in Ghana, 1690. Elephant ivory has been exported from Africa and Asia for millennia with records going back to the 14th century BCE.Transport of the heavy commodity was always difficult, and with the establishment of the early-modern slave trades from East and West Africa, freshly captured slaves were used to carry the heavy tusks to the ports where both the tusks and their ...
In 2003 Allied Trade Group, Inc. was formed as the parent company of Lighting Universe and Fixture Universe with the goal to grow into a full line home furnishings supplier. ATG Stores added 50 stores in the beginning of 2008 [ 2 ] and at one point encompassed around 500 websites in multiple home furnishing, utility and paraphernalia categories ...
The grinding machine consists of a bed with a fixture to guide and hold the workpiece and a power-driven grinding wheel spinning at the required speed. The wheel’s diameter and the manufacturer’s rating determine the speed.
Christy then turned his focus to the illegal rhino horn trade, producing the Special Investigation: Inside the Deadly Rhino Horn Trade [29] for National Geographic in 2016. In 2017, Christy left National Geographic to focus on his first novel, In the Company of Killers , which released to the public on April 13, 2021.