Environmental crime relies on corruption to thrive and flourishes in places where individuals or groups exploit positions of authority for personal gain. To effectively combat corruption and environmental crime, the following priorities should therefore be established...
It’s April 2024, 35 years since the international ban on ivory trade and three-and-a-half decades of investment to tackle wildlife trafficking, yet Vietnamese news outlets this week announced the interception of another 1.6 tonnes of ivory, smuggled from Nigeria – the latest in a long and dismal catalogue of similar incidents
With only an estimated 10 individuals left, the vaquita porpoise is the world’s most endangered marine mammal, pushed to the edge of extinction by illegal fishing for the dried swim bladders of totoaba fish which are in high demand in Asia
A major shipment of 651 pieces of elephant ivory has been seized in Mozambique en route to Dubai
EIA campaigners are in Nigeria this week, facilitating a high-level international workshop to bolster efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade by sharing resources and ideas
A thriving online illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish is helping to drive the vaquita porpoise to the brink of extinction