Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 22:15:50 GMT 7
Yup - it seems Thailand has a serious problem with organized criminals trafficking orchids -
"Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2015—A thriving and illegal trade in Southeast Asia’s threatened and rare orchids is going largely unnoticed in Thailand and across its borders, says a joint study by TRAFFIC and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Conservative trade figures documented during the study suggest that tens of thousands of orchids are illegally traded across Thailand’s borders every year without either domestic harvest permits or Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permits, violating range State and international restrictions on wild orchid harvest."
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www.traffic.org/home/2015/11/24/unseen-harvest-southeast-asias-illegal-orchid-trade.html
"Bangkok, Thailand, 24 November 2015—A thriving and illegal trade in Southeast Asia’s threatened and rare orchids is going largely unnoticed in Thailand and across its borders, says a joint study by TRAFFIC and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Conservative trade figures documented during the study suggest that tens of thousands of orchids are illegally traded across Thailand’s borders every year without either domestic harvest permits or Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) permits, violating range State and international restrictions on wild orchid harvest."
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www.traffic.org/home/2015/11/24/unseen-harvest-southeast-asias-illegal-orchid-trade.html
