The UK has secured an international agreement to curb the illegal trade in rhino horn, which is now being sold for more than diamonds, gold and cocaine.
Britain will lead global talks to fight myths about the curative powers of the product, amid what conservationists have warned is a poaching crisis.
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said the trade was cruel and archaic.
The agreement was reached at the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva.
There is so much demand for rhino horn that it is now worth ã50,000 a kilo.
Full Story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14603905
Britain will lead global talks to fight myths about the curative powers of the product, amid what conservationists have warned is a poaching crisis.
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said the trade was cruel and archaic.
The agreement was reached at the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Geneva.
There is so much demand for rhino horn that it is now worth ã50,000 a kilo.
Full Story - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14603905
