Nigeria greenlights a new law to tackle wildlife trafficking and protect endangered species
New legislation to combat wildlife trafficking and protect highly endangered species has passed its first reading at the Nigeria House of Representatives
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CITES CoP19 – an overall win for wildlife with greater commitments to protect a variety of species
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
A win for nature as CITES takes steps to shut down the rosewood racket from West Africa to China
We are delighted to join with our EIA US colleagues to welcome the immediate suspension of international trade in threatened West African rosewood
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EIA podcast – will a new strategy on environmental crime tame Nigeria’s Wild West?
Nigeria has emerged as a hotspot for wildlife and forest crime – but all that could be about the change
EIA calls on CITES to tackle the Nigeria-Vietnam trafficking corridor for ivory and pangolin scales
EIA has called on the 74th meeting of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to tackle the Nigeria-Vietnam wildlife trafficking corridor
CITES meeting a chance for trade sanctions against countries failing to act on illegal wildlife trade
EIA campaigners will be at the 74th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee to push for a range of outcomes needed to protect endangered species from the ravages of burgeoning illegal trade perpetuated by wildlife crime syndicates