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The new report, Law of the Tiger: A Comparative Study of the Laws Governing Tiger Trafficking in 12 Tiger Range States, ...
A powerful new alliance is putting the fight against illegal rhino horn use into the hands of Viet Nam’s future journalists ...
In Tanzania, old traditions of hunting wild animals for food are changing as communities understand more about the risks of poaching and consuming illegal wild ...
Across Southern Africa, some of the world’s rarest plants are disappearing from the wild, trafficked to feed a global houseplant craze. TRAFFIC's latest research exposes the scale of this illegal ...
After a peak in continental poaching levels of African elephants in 2014-2015, both poaching and illegal trade appear to be showing signs of decreasing. Estimates from the Elephant Trade Information ...
People are dying, daily life is being fragmented, businesses are failing, families and communities are suffering and there is enormous uncertainty about when things will begin to improve, never mind ...
These are just some of the shocking revelations contained in a new report, Empty Shells: An assessment of abalone poaching and trade from southern Africa, published today by TRAFFIC, the international ...
TRAFFIC’s “HIGH FLYING: Insight into wildlife trafficking through India's airports” analysis found the trafficking of over 70,000 native and exotic wild animals, including their body parts or ...
Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and growing attention to zoonotic disease emergence, health experts and thought-leaders continue to examine how the interactions between humans, wildlife ...
Tanzania is home to wild herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, and impala that have been hunted for meat by generations of indigenous communities. In 2019, Tanzania’s late President called on the ...
In assessing the trafficking and illegal wildlife trade from the turn of the century, Southeast Asia: At the heart of wildlife trade shows just how persistent the problem has been. Authors also noted ...
TRAFFIC, together with its key partner UNODC canvassed the globe for cases, with valuable contributions from leading financial crime partners, to identify examples where financial investigation was ...