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Can we say this motive of the War on Drug is a conspiracy against Nature itself as it continues genocide of natural resources?
Against this backdrop, almost half the world's plant species may be threatened with extinction; cures as yet undiscovered may exist in plants as yet undescribed - and which may never be described.
While China looks to expand the global market for its traditional medicines, conservationists are trying to ensure that won't mean a greater threat to tigers, rare plants and other endangered wildlife often used in the remedies. At a conference organized by the Chinese government, World Wildlife Fund officials are urging Beijing to meet strict standards barring use of endangered species as it develops its market.
The Seed Vault is an answer to a call from the international community to provide the best possible assurance of safety for the world’s crop diversity, and in fact the idea for such a facility dates back to the 1980s. However, it was only with the coming into force of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and with it an agreed international legal framework for conserving and accessing crop diversity, that the Vault became a practical possibility.