Meeting seeks a way to clean up international trade in plastic waste
Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
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Parties to the Basel Convention will convene in Geneva to discuss concrete steps toward cleaning up international trade in plastic waste
Nine canine teeth seized in Xiamen, China have been confirmed to be from pumas, according to reports in the Chinese media
Following discussions on the serious threats posed by the big cat trade and policies in China which serve to perpetuate it, 71 MPs and Peers have now called on the UK Government to support strong action to save big cats
China Customs has this week announced the seizure of 2,748 elephant tusks following a major enforcement crackdown.
A key initiative in Europe’s strategy to fight climate change is being undermined by an escalating trade in climate-harming refrigerant gases. These alarming findings are featured in our new report Doors Wide Open: Europe’s flourishing illegal trade in hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), released today.
Last year we raised the alarm about a new Chinese Government policy which repealed a 25-year ban on use of tiger bone and rhino horn in traditional medicine. A document issued in March 2019 by the Government of Shaanxi Province appears to implement the new policy and makes no reference to the November 2018 claims that a full ban is in effect.