China’s global push for traditional medicine must come with conditions for threatened wildlife
Chinese Government policy continues to legitimise the use of body parts of wildlife species threatened by trade in traditional Chinese medicine
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Palm oil watchdog’s sustainability guarantee is still a destructive con
Consumers around the world are still being conned about the sustainability of the palm oil contained in the products they buy
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Snow leopards: ‘Ghost of the mountain’ under pressure from the spectre of illegal trade
Today is International Snow Leopard Day, a celebration of the beautiful and elusive big cat known as the ‘ghost of the mountain’. It is also a chance to renew focus on the price that illegal wildlife trade is exacting from this magnificent creature. The Snow Leopard Trust estimates there are somewhere between 3,290 and 6,390 […]
It’s 30 years since the CITES global ban on ivory trade – and the fight to preserve it goes on
It’s ironic but while the High Court in London is deciding whether the UK’s widely applauded ban on domestic ivory trade should stand, today (17 October) is the 30th anniversary of the international ivory trade ban
Chinese enforcement raid targets major timber-smuggling syndicate plundering Myanmar
Details are emerging from local media in China of an unprecedented enforcement operation in the country’s Yunnan Province against smuggling of precious timber from neighbouring Myanmar
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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 […]