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
The true scale of the slaughter of pangolins in Africa has been revealed by new research showing that millions of the scaly mammals are being
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, October 29, 2015. The law enforcement body responsible for the arrest of the “Queen of Ivory” earlier this month has officially
A Chinese woman accused of heading one of Africa’s biggest ivory smuggling rings has been arrested and charged. Dubbed the “Ivory Queen”, Yang Feng Glan
Yet another major seizure of pangolins is a sad testament to the fact that pangolins surely will soon go extinct if the massive illegal trade
Header image by: Richard Ladkhani
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