In recent years, rhino poaching and horn seizures have become less visible in the news – but that doesn’t mean these majestic creatures are free from the threats posed by poachers and illegal trade. Podcast – What on Earth? How the future for rhinos still hangs balanced between enforcement and trade Subscribe via Apple […]
New EIA analysis indicates the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is resuming its long-held key role in trafficking ivory to meet demand in Asia. During the late 2000s and early 2010s, the region experienced a catastrophic elephant poaching crisis, leading to a significant decline in African savannah elephant populations. The 2016 African Elephant Status […]
EIA comments on the CITES secretariat’s recommendation to delete decision 14.69
LONDON: China’s legal domestic market for pangolin medicine products is a key driver of the global illegal trade and poaching of pangolins, a new briefing from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) demonstrates. A View from the Courts – The illegal trade of pangolins in China analyses 169 Chinese court judgments involving pangolins from 2014 […]
China’s legal domestic market for pangolin medicine products is a key driver of the global illegal trade and poaching of pangolins, a new EIA briefing demonstrates. A View from the Courts – The illegal trade of pangolins in China analyses 169 Chinese court judgments involving pangolins from 2014 to June 2024, accessed through the China […]
The illegal trade of pangolins in China All eight recognised species of pangolin face high risks of extinction, with the primary threats to their survival being poaching and trade of their meat, body parts and scales. In order to address declining pangolin populations, increasingly stringent measures for protection of the species have been adopted both through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and at national levels.