China’s failure to do enough to prevent the illegal trade in endangered pangolins is damaging the effectiveness of a key international wildlife treaty, the US Department of the Interior has announced.
EIA and two other conservation organisations have filed a legal petition calling on the US Government to formally sanction China for illegally trading in critically endangered pangolins
Conservation organisations filed a legal petition urging the US secretary of the Interior to formally certify China for illegally trading in critically imperilled pangolins
The U.S. Pelly Amendment to the Fisherman’s Protective Act of 1967 provides for the President to prohibit imports of any product from a country which is certified by the Secretary of the Interior as engaging in trade which “diminishes the effectiveness of any international program for endangered or threatened species”.
Rhino populations are being hammered by poachers, pushing the species ever-closer to extinction to satisfy demand for rhino horn in Vietnam and elsewhere – yet despite 668 rhinos being slaughtered by poachers across South Africa in 2012, there are indications it is contemplating pushing for a legal trade in rhino horn
The Icelandic newspaper Skessuhorn reported yesterday that it had “reliable evidence” fin whaling will begin again, after being shut down last summer due to the impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Although Kristján Loftsson, director of Hvalur, would not confirm, the paper claimed it had evidence