Intelligence and criminal blacklists are vital to tackling illegal wildlife trade on the high seas
Identifying illegal wildlife shipments at sea is like looking for a needle in hundreds of haystacks
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Tag: pangolins
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
An alternative to pangolins – protection through plant-based substitutes in traditional Chinese medicine
With leaders in the field of TCM advocating an end of the use of threatened species in TCM formulas, it would appear that the wheels of change have started turning within the community
Crime and fitting punishment? Inconsistent sentences show Africa’s wildlife courts must be firm but fair
The huge variation in sentencing across the African continent is concerning – in Nigeria, sentencing is so lenient that it implies impunity while, for the general public in Uganda, two years for four tonnes of ivory in Kenya and life for possession of 10kg makes no sense at all
EIA podcast – Its meetings are a big deal, but just what is CITES and what does it do?
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?
In China’s latest Wildlife Protection Law revision, conservation once again gives way to exploitation
After almost two years of silence, the Chinese Government finally released a second revision of its draft Wildlife Protection Law in September for public consultation