Imelda V. Abano
Source: Business Mirror
March 17, 2010

The still lax enforcement of wildlife regulations and uneven endeavors to protect and nurture the ecosystem in Southeast Asian countries will eventually result in the loss of much of its unique biodiversity, according to researchers from the region.

The Southeast Asian researchers expressed these concerns as more than 1,500 delegates from around the world arrived in Doha, Qatar, beginning Saturday for a two-week meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) to draft new tougher measures to protect the planet's endangered plant and animal life.

To date, thousands of species of plants and animals are used for food, housing, health care, cosmetics or fashion, stripping forests and other locations of these flora and fauna without a corresponding effort to restock or replant the removed bioorganisms.

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