Antiques traders are in the High Court this week seeking to quash UK’s landmark Ivory Act
A law designed to protect elephants could be struck off the statute books because of resistance from the antiques trade
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Beware! A small group of antiques dealers wants to quash the UK’s ivory ban through the courts
Antiques dealers in the UK are seeking to roll back a near-total domestic ban – if they succeed, effectively gifting ivory traffickers a local loophole to exploit
CITES CoP18 unpacked – evaluating wins and losses for the environment
The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) wrapped up today in Geneva, Switzerland. Campaigners from our UK and US offices were in attendance throughout, pushing for the adoption of strong decisions to combat illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade. Among the hundreds of […]
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Instead of closing tiger farms, Laos helped them proliferate – it’s time for trade sanctions
Despite more than five years of non-compliance proceedings, there has been virtually no progress in Laos in relation to its pledge to phase out tiger farms - it's now time for CITES trade sanctions
CITES Parties must get tough and show resolve in fight against illegal wildlife trade
One of the biggest events on the international conservation calendar gets under way this week and our campaigners will be there to press for robust action to safeguard threatened species from illegal trade. The 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and meetings […]
With extinction looming, it’s CITES’s last chance to save the vaquita porpoise
Governments from around the world meet in Geneva this week for one of the most important dates in the conservation calendar – and perhaps the last chance to save the world’s most threatened marine mammal
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