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This book is dedicated to Nitrox rebreather diving and the basic principles and skills that every rebreather diver should know and master. It covers some topics like balance and trim with a rebreather, risk management, and proper Nitrox dive planning.
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Illegal trade in Malayan Box Turtles continues—TRAFFIC
The Malaysian Box-turtle is in decline through over-exploitation, despite a ban on its export from Malaysia Click photo to enlarge © Sabine Schoppe / TRAFFIC Southeast Asia The Malayan Box Turtle is disappearing across Malaysia despite a ban on its export, finds a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. The turtles are in high demand in East Asia for their meat and for use in traditional Chinese medicine.
The Malayan Box Turtle is a subspecies of the widespread Southeast Asian Box, which is considered the commonest freshwater turtle in South-East Asia, but despite this, and even its tolerance of manmade artificial habitats, the species is in peril due to over-exploitation finds the new report, Science in CITES: The biology and ecology of the Southeast Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis and its uses and trade in Malaysia (PDF, 1.3 MB).
