Ecquador's illegal wild life trade

LAHORE: WWF-Pakistan and Pakistan Customs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Friday to work together through innovative means to curb illegal wildlife trade in Pakistan. The collaboration will contribute towards enhancing capacities of Pakistan Customs and other agencies concerned to ...

Illegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity conservation and is currently expanding to social media. This is a worrisome trend, given the ease of access and popularity of social media. Efficient monitoring of illegal wildlife trade on social media is therefore crucial for conserving ...

The illegal wildlife trade is pushing many species toward extinction, facilitated by online transactions. Savanna elephant numbers plummeted 30 percent between 2007 and 2014 because of poaching for ivory, which is turned into statuettes, chopsticks, jewelry, and more. The number of rhinos killed illegally ...

2018 must be the year we mark the beginning of the end of the illegal wildlife trade. Some might ask why this matters more than other global issues. It does not. There is much still to be done on poverty alleviation, ensuring education for all, promoting gender equality or addressing climate change, ...

23, 2018) – Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found that illegal wildlife trade networks are complex and tend to be biased towards certain species and regions of the globe. They published their findings in the journal Biological Conservation. Demand for wildlife products ...

CLARK FREEPORT --- Clark International Airport Corporation acting president Alexander Cauguiran has expressed support for the government's campaign against the illegal wildlife trade. Cauguiran said that Clark International Airport supports the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ...

Speaking at the IATA World Cargo Symposium, CITES secretary general John Scanlon highlighted the plight of many species of animal that face extinction because of the illegal wildlife trade, which is worth an estimated $20bn. He said that between 2010 and 2012, 100,000 African elephants killed for their ...

The local Forestry Department has erected signboards with letters warning local residents that illegal wildlife trade is punishable under the Forest Law. But local residents protested the warning and threatened forestry officials with bodily harm. The department capitulated and removed the sign.

“With an estimated two and a half billion users, easy access has turned social media into an important venue for illegal wildlife trade,” Enrico Di Minin, a conservation scientist working on the project, told Digital Trends. “Wildlife dealers active on social media release photos and information about wildlife ...