Environment – Page 30

Flotsam and fashion: recycler of ‘ghost’ fishing nets makes marine litter trendy

Oct 25, 2016

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Last year a company set up by an Italian former scuba recycled more than 5,000 tons of discarded nets into nylon for apparel brands including Speedo

TripAdvisor bans ticket sales to attractions that allow contact with wild animals

Oct 13, 2016

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Animal welfare groups laud step by travel giant but concerns remain that it is not going far enough to counter cruel practices and exploitation by tourism businesses

Furniture that destroys forests: crackdown on ‘rampant’ trade in rosewood

Sep 30, 2016

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Cites summit moves to protect the world’s most trafficked wild product by placing all 300 species of the tree under trade restrictions

Ban on domestic ivory trade passes at international summit

Sep 13, 2016

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Not legally binding but may stem trade and poachingNearly one third of Africa’s savannah elephants killed between 2007 and 2014 Ban negotiations spurred feud