EIA is pleased to share this guest blog by Charles Emogor. Through EIA’s work to address transnational pangolin trafficking in West and Central Africa, we engage with Charles as a pangolin science expert on Nigeria. Since childhood, I’ve been fascinated by the natural world and growing up in a rural part of Nigeria played […]
To change consumer behaviour, we need to change attitudes, to let people see things differently and recognise for themselves the need for change
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
We have seen some significant changes in China’s wildlife trade policy - what major concerns remain and what might happen next?
We need to think of wildlife protection as part of ensuring our own wellbeing. The health of humans, animals and the environment are intertwined