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NAIROBI Jonathan Huberdeau Panthers Jersey , March 25 (Xinhua) -- African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has voiced its opposition to the legalization of rhino trade, saying the move might drive rhinos toward extinction.


AWF senior director of conservation science, Philip Muruthi, warned that any move to legalize the trade in rhino horn will do more harm than good.


"Legalizing trade in a product belonging to an animal that is highly threatened would prove disastrous and accelerate rather than curtail rhino poaching in all of Africa," Muruthi on Wednesday said in a statement issued in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.


His remarks come as a committee of inquiry established by South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs begun hearing expert testimony on the subject of legalizing the rhino horn trade as the country Aaron Ekblad Panthers Jersey , home to more than 80 percent of the world's rhinos, grapples with a rhino poaching crisis.


Based on its own investigation and testimony given by experts at a three-day meeting, the committee will eventually make recommendations on whether South Africa, a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), should submit a proposal to legalize rhino horn trade at CITES' 17th Conference of Parties to be held in Cape Town in 2016.


Muruthi cautioned that the legalization could be interpreted as an endorsement of the erroneous belief that the horn contains medicinal properties.


A rhino's horn is made up of keratin, the same material found in human hair and nails.


Consumers in many Asian countries Keith Yandle Panthers Jersey , however, believe it can cure everything, from headache to cancer.


"If legalization is perceived as an endorsement, it could stimulate rather than reduce demand," Muruthi said.


He said there are fewer than 25,000 rhinos remaining in Africa Roberto Luongo Panthers Jersey , compared to the tens of millions of existing and prospective rhino horn consumers in demand countries.


"Hence, there is no realistic scope for achieving a sustainable balance between the supply of and demand for rhino horn," Muruthi said.


Based on the experience with the elephant ivory trade over the last 25 years, legalization as a strategy has proven ineffective in stopping elephant poaching, Muruthi said.


According to the charity, given CITES' one-countryone-vote procedure and the rhino's highly threatened status Authentic Jared McCann Jersey , a proposal to legalize rhino horn trade is very unlikely to pass.


ST. PETERSBURG, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 737 passenger jet landed safely Wednesday at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport, with only one of its two engines in operation.


"The plane has landed safely and no one was hurt," Interfax news agency quoted an emergency services source as saying.


SAO TOME, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Monday that China is willing to promote all-round cooperation with Sao Tome and Principe and strengthen communications to safeguard the two countries' common interests.


Wang made the remarks while holding talks with his Sao Tome and Principe counterpart Urbino Botelho.


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He expressed the hope that the government and all walks of life of the African country would firmly adhere to the one-China principle, which serves as the prerequisite of the resumption of diplomatic ties between China and Sao Tome and Principe and the political foundation for development of the two countries' ties.


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Noting that resuming diplomatic ties with China was the right decision by the government of Sao Tome and Principe, the minister said his country will stick to its unwavering support for the one-China policy.


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