Bangkok, Thailand – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a key opportunity to stem global wildlife trafficking. Her statement came after the call of nearly 1.5 million WWF and Avaaz supporters. Prime Minister Shinawatra said at the opening of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered […]
As the Syrian conflict rages on, heritage sites and museums continue to bear the brunt of Syria’s escalation in hostilities. Recently, the ancient city of Aleppo, which was one of the best preserved medieval market towns in the world, and is on the UNESCO world heritage site list, was subjected to intense fighting, which has resulted in […]
March 3, 2013 by Editors
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