CITES Parties can and must do more to address the dire impacts of global illegal pangolin trade
A new briefing document outlines EIA’s findings and recommendations on the key issues relating to global illegal pangolin trade
A new briefing document outlines EIA’s findings and recommendations on the key issues relating to global illegal pangolin trade
EIA encourages CITES Parties, the CITES Secretariat and Animals Committee to consider the information contained in this briefing document when reviewing the study on pangolins developed in accordance with Decision 18.240, paragraph c)
To change consumer behaviour, we need to change attitudes, to let people see things differently and recognise for themselves the need for change
China is for the first time due to host a major international biological diversity conference – and EIA is urging it to start tackling environmental crime and exploitation as a priority
Pangolins have been the focus of growing attention in recent years due to the massive quantities of their scales illegally traded for traditional medicine produced in China
The legal market in pangolin ‘medicines’ is a key driver of the persistent demand and it is vital that the Chinese Government bans the use of pangolin scales as well as the products of other threatened species