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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 337472, member: 5833&quot;]Just so.&nbsp; The rising water temperature that leads to coral bleaching &amp; the increasing acidity that is softening everything that is calcium carbonate-based are doing more damage than collecting ever could.&nbsp; Then you&#039;ve got China pouring cement over little coral-ringed islands in order to make them large &amp; strong enough to support facilities for fighter jets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can see a glimmer of an argument on the &#039;fossil&#039; ivory.&nbsp; It hasn&#039;t been fossilized in the geological sense, with the organic ivory being replaced by mineral.&nbsp; It&#039;s still mammoth or walrus ivory.&nbsp; Mammoth can be distinguished from modern elephant, while don&#039;t think walrus that has been under the permafrost is any different from currently living walrus.&nbsp; Suppose the fear is that it would be too easy to fake, giving an incentive for the illicit taking of live animals.&nbsp; Not sure even native peoples are allowed to use it lawfully anymore, although not entirely sure on that point.&nbsp; With the far north getting warmer &amp; warmer, a lot more is sure to be exposed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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