Criminal trade in climate-harming HFC refrigerants flourishes in EU
A key initiative in Europe’s strategy to fight climate change is being undermined by an escalating trade in climate-harming refrigerant gases
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EU momentum building: NGOs call on the EU to close its ivory market
While EU Member State experts are due to meet on 27 March to discuss the future of the EU domestic ivory market, Belgium adds momentum to efforts to ban the trade across the European Union
Only 10 vaquita remain, may not survive President Obrador’s tenure
Scientists announced today (14 March) that only 10 vaquita porpoises likely remain in the world and that the animal’s extinction is virtually assured without bold and immediate action
Crime and corruption of Myanmar’s illegal teak trade goes to the heart of Government
For three decades, the multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak has been riddled with crime and high-level corruption, driving conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar.
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Busted: China Customs dismantles major ivory trafficking syndicate
Three men involved in running a major international ivory smuggling syndicate have been captured following enforcement action by China Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau. The trio were first exposed in the July 2017 report The Shuidong Connection: Exposing the global hub of the illegal ivory trade
UK ivory ban becomes law – ‘best Christmas gift UK could have given world’s threatened elephants’
We are delighted that the Ivory Bill received Royal Assent today and has now become law, meaning that in future most ivory sales in, to and from the UK will be treated as criminal offences