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UN Crime Congress 2015: Legal frameworks adequate or failing?

The Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime and the WWF presented a new report at the UN Crime Congress this week in Doha. It Reviews major gaps and the obstacles in the global legal architecture that stand in the way of the global response to transnational organised environmental crime.

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In conversation with EIA: Neil Gaiman on the natural world

Just prior to giving the 13th Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture at London’s Royal Geographical Society, and despite the clock ticking closer to the moment he had to step out before the audience, author Neil Gaiman gave an impromptu interview in which he shared his thoughts about the natural world and the threats it faces

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Highlights of the Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture by Neil Gaiman

The 13th Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture given by author Neil Gaiman at London’s historic Royal Geographical Society earlier this month was a great night, with proceeds of the event shared between the two charities closest to Adams’ heart – Save the Rhino, of which he was a founder patron, and EIA

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China’s carved ivory import ban ‘largely window-dressing’

China spurred a flurry of international press reports when it appeared to announce a ban on ivory imports into the country, although the ‘temporary ban’ does not apply to the huge domestic legal ivory market in China which continues to perpetuate the desirability of, and illegal trade in, ivory while stimulating demand