Asian illegal wildlife trade kingpin Teo Boon Ching has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court in New York for large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns
As we mark World Elephant Day 2023 (12 August), elephant populations in Africa and Asian face a variety of ongoing threats, primarily from organised transnational criminal syndicates involved in the ivory trade
New legislation to combat wildlife trafficking and protect highly endangered species has passed its first reading at the Nigeria House of Representatives
Identifying illegal wildlife shipments at sea is like looking for a needle in hundreds of haystacks
Campaigners from EIA’s UK and US offices have returned from the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Panama – and declared it an overall win for wildlife
One of the biggest dates in the environmental calendar is happening from 14 November when the 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora – aka CITES – opens in Panama City. But just what is CITES?