Coronavirus, clampdowns and confusion: what do China’s policy changes mean?
We don’t yet know for sure exactly how the novel coronavirus COVID-19 first came to infect humans but the outbreak has triggered a renewed focus on wildlife trade in China
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On Global Tiger Day 2019, governments must take action to save wild tigers on the brink
To mark Global Tiger Day 2019 (29 July), we have released updated interactive maps of tiger crime incidents and facilities keeping them in captivity, giving insight into the existential crisis currently facing Asian big cats. There are fewer than 4,000 wild tigers on Earth today. While populations may be stable in some parts of their […]
Wildlife Week: We know there’s a way to save tigers – now we need the political will
A look at what progress has been made since the 2010 International Tiger Forum in St Petersburg set out to double the wild tiger population by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger
China’s conservation image tarnished by tiger bone decision
With fewer than 4,000 wild tigers remaining across Asia and approximately 30,000 rhinos in Asia and Africa, government leaders must do everything possible to end poaching and trafficking.
The good, the bad and the endangered – wildlife wins and losses at CITES Standing Committee
A packed agenda saw a wide range of issues raised, from tiger farms and domestic ivory markets to management of seized timber stocks and guidance for demand reduction programmes. We were busy preparing and making interventions coordinating with other NGOs in preventing over-exploitation of wildlife worldwide
Embassy obscures the truth of China’s wildlife trade
At a meeting held with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs in London, the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, H.E. Liu Xiaoming, gave a speech on Chinese efforts to combat wildlife trade, including the 2016 revision of China’s Wildlife Protection Law