On International Leopard Day, these shy big cats need us to end their commercial exploitation
As a species, leopards are adaptable and built to endure – we should be giving them the best chance of doing so
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Judicial impartiality questioned as life sentence for possession of ivory reduced to 6.5 years at Uganda’s High Court
In November 2022, I commented on the sentence of Pascal Ochiba who, at the age of 63, received a life sentence from the specialist wildlife court in Uganda for possession of less than 10kg of ivory
Celebrating the amazing and inspiring women transforming wildlife criminal justice in Nigeria
Nigeria is blessed with incredible biodiversity, but this unique wildlife is under constant threat from poaching, trafficking and habitat destruction. Amid these challenges, a group of remarkable women has risen to the forefront, dedicating their lives to the relentless battle against wildlife crime
Another day and another major elephant ivory trafficking incident – this shouldn’t still be happening
It’s April 2024, 35 years since the international ban on ivory trade and three-and-a-half decades of investment to tackle wildlife trafficking, yet Vietnamese news outlets this week announced the interception of another 1.6 tonnes of ivory, smuggled from Nigeria – the latest in a long and dismal catalogue of similar incidents
‘Heartening’ indication China is moving towards ending use of threatened wildlife in traditional medicine
A proposal to promote the development and use of substitutes for endangered animal and plant ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) was submitted at China’s annual plenary sessions of the National People's Congress this month
Developing effective new partnerships to give a brighter future to wildlife under threat in Africa
Wildlife traffickers don't recognise national borders, they exploit them to take advantage of disparities in legislation, weaknesses in law enforcement and the challenges associated with international cooperation