Authorities in Malaysia have apprehended 12 traffickers and seized hundreds of wildlife parts including elephant ivory, pangolin scales, tiger skins, big cat bones, tiger claws […]
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Commercial Farming and Trade in Endangered Species in Vietnam – A Shortcut to Extinction
Hanoi, July 27, 2016 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV) today hosted a press conference on the need to fully prohibit farming and trade […]
UNODC Releases Unprecedented Wildlife Crime Report
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has published the first ever global assessment of wildlife crime. The World Wildlife Crime Report validates […]
Will SCI’s Giant Hunting Auction Benefit African Wildlife?
By Andreas Wilson-Späth, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust Does trophy hunting support wildlife conservation in Africa? The world’s most influential hunters’ association would like you […]
U.S. House Passes ‘Global Anti-Poaching Act’ to Fight Wildlife Trafficking
The United States has strengthened its commitment to crack down on wildlife trafficking with the House passage of the Global Anti-Poaching Act (H.R. 2494), legislation […]
Malaysia: Posters and Signboard Warnings for Poachers and Traffickers
KUALA LUMPUR – Poachers and wildlife traders should consider themselves warned and under watch thanks to new signboards for the public and posters for frontline […]
Chinese TCM Industry Says NO to Illegal Wildlife Trade
BEIJING — Representatives of leading traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) companies have renounced the use of endangered plants and animals protected by national legislation and CITES […]
Vietnam: Wildlife Protection Awards Honor Law Enforcement Officers, Journalists
HANOI – Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) and its supporting partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Freeland, hosted the second annual “Outstanding […]
Beijing Forest Police Smash Major Wildlife Trafficking Ring
Courtesy of TRAFFIC BEIJING – Beijing Forest Police announced the arrest of 16 suspects in a major wildlife trafficking case code-named “May 21”, which led […]
Will China’s Falling Yuan Impact Illegal Wildlife Trade?
Global economists have been concerned about the mysterious Chinese economy for several years. After rising to the world’s second largest economic power with twenty years […]