wildlifecrime

Wildlife Crime
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Headlines
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37520377 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5da580b2ec544224840949cc7072db07/congress-sends-bill-wildlife-trafficking-white-house - https://twitter.com/MatthewDalyWDC/status/778731323498205184 http://globalinitiative.net/rhino-tipping-point https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2016/May/wildlife-crime-assessed-globally-for-the-first-time-in-new-unodc-report.html

Today, UNODC launched its inaugural World Wildlife Crime Report, highlighting how the poaching and illegal trade of thousands of different species across the globe not only present real environmental dangers but ultimately undermine the rule of law by potentially fuelling conflict. The report - part of UNODC's ongoing Global Programme on Wildlife and Forest Crime - also urges shared responsibility in tackling this crime given how products made from illicit flora and fauna such as fashion items, furniture, food, and pets, may be hidden in plain sight. Launched at this week's Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the report was developed by UNODC with data provided by partner organizations under the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC), including the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the World Customs Organization (WCO). One of the main messages the new report aims to convey is that wildlife and forest crime is not limited to certain countries or regions, but is a truly global phenomenon.

Elsewhere
http://www.changewildlifeconsumers.org

Annamiticus is an educational nonprofit organization which is working to stop the economic exploitation of endangered species. @http://annamiticus.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Annamiticus https://twitter.com/Annamiticus

Recommended Listening
[|Fighting wildlife crime with forensic science] - 50,000 elephants are killed each year in Africa in an industrial slaughter. The major market is Japan where there are no controls on sales of ivory products. Now DNA is being used for wildlife protection and the prosecution of those behind the trade

[|The daily threat to park rangers] - In the war against poachers around the world, 1000 park rangers have been killed in ten years.

Videos
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