Money trails: building financial investigations from wildlife and timber...
This new TRAFFIC and WWF ‘Wildlife Money Trails’ report aims to help law enforcement authorities and financial institutions uncover financial crimes related to wildlife and timber trafficking in the EU.
View ArticleLegal and sustainable wild species trade: learnings and implications for...
This joint paper by the Taskforce on Nature Markets and TRAFFIC asserts the crucial role of the business and finance sectors in facilitating strong nature markets and purging illegal and unsustainable
View ArticleUncovering the invisible: successes and challenges for wildlife crime...
Wildlife crime is devastating for endangered European species and a growing risk to our societies’ economic development and security, but most cases still go unpunished or undetected. This is one of the
View ArticleConvergence of wildlife crime with other forms of organised crime: a 2023 review
The Wildlife Justice Commission is publishing a new report on the convergence of wildlife crime with other forms of organised crime: Convergence of wildlife crime with other forms of organised crime: A
View ArticleAnalysis of wildlife court cases in Cameroon: Jan 2010 – Dec 2022
Cameroon is in Africa’s top five countries for biodiversity yet is facing a devastating decline in species due to habitat loss, poaching, and illegal wildlife trade (IWT). The consequences of this decline
View ArticleWild Life (Protection) International Trade of Specimens Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) on December 21, 2023, issued the Wild Life (Protection) International Trade of Specimen Rules, 2023. The following has been stated : The
View ArticleWild Life (Protection) Licencing (Additional Matters for Consideration)...
The central government has excluded some species from the process of issuing licences for their wildlife trade in the revised rules that have come after four decades. In a government notification dated
View ArticleAn assessment of wildlife trade in Central Asia
In a first-of-its-kind analysis of wild species trade in Central Asia, this report sets out to establish a baseline assessment of the levels and dynamics of both legal and illegal wild species trade in
View ArticleDonkeys in global trade: wildlife crime, welfare, biosecurity and the impact...
The Donkey Sanctuary’s latest report on the skin trade reveals that at least 5.9 million donkeys are now slaughtered every year to meet escalating demand for ejiao, a traditional Chinese remedy, made...
View ArticleLiving Animal Species (Reporting and Registration) Rules, 2024
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change notified the Living Animal Species Rules 2024 stating, Every person who is in possession of any animal species (in schedule IV) shall report the
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