The CITES COP16 (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) has just ended in Bangkok, to very mixed reviews. Lorna Howarth reports on the good news, and the bad.
… desire for luxury ‘Hongmu’ antique-style furniture. The increasing scarcity of Siam … shunned as, say, smoking is now; if Hongmu furniture is seen as grotesque and highly …
The world’s tropical forests are falling as fast as ever – at a pace of about 13 million hectares each year, or 50 football fields a minute. But the rainforest killers are changing, with big implications for us all.
… China, the world’s largest exporter of furniture and other wood products, are largely …
After years of protest, plans by the Anadolu Group to build a coal power plant in the seaside town of Gerze are awaiting the go-ahead from the Turkish government. But protest group YEGEP are not giving up without a fight
… us to duck to avoid hitting our heads. The furniture - a desk, a few armchairs, a …
‘This is the Indian dream!’ shouts Mohit, clutching a tattered plastic bag as he joins the impatient throng gathering at Hall A of the Auto Expo in New Delhi. Around us more than 100,000 Indians are aggressively jostling for space and a precious glimpse of the £1,200 Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car. It is a vehicle that, put simply, costs less than the optional DVD player on the new Lexus LX470 SUV.
… year. Sales of fridges, cookers, televisions, furniture and DVD players are booming as never …