The illegal trade in tigers, tiger parts and their derivatives drives the poaching of wild tigers and undermines conservation efforts throughout their range. This is
The exotic pet trade in India is booming. In recent years, India has seen a surge in seizures by Indian Customs, indicative of an increasing
In most jurisdictions around the world, successful prosecutions of high-level wildlife traffickers are rare. Law enforcement agencies often struggle to collect sufficient (and permissible) evidence
Thousands of tonnes of bushmeat are estimated to be smuggled into Europe each year, both for personal use and commercial trade. Bushmeat trafficking not only
It is February 2020 and the world is in the grip of another infectious disease outbreak. The disease, first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31
Since the early 2000s the world has seen an alarming surge in poaching and trafficking of protected wildlife species. These crimes impact not just biodiversity.
The last decade has seen an increased awareness of the crisis faced by the natural world due to illegal logging, fishing and wildlife trade. Sadly,
In recent years, conservationists have rung the alarm bell about the dire state of the vaquita, a small porpoise species endemic to the Gulf of
Early 2018 IUCN Netherlands commissioned Pauline Verheij of EcoJust to conduct an analysis of wildlife crime in Bolivia and Suriname. This analysis led to a
Weak governance, corruption and shifting trade dynamics are significant factors seriously undermining the control of ivory trafficking throughout five countries in Central Africa, according to
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