Promoting national and global security. Profits from wildlife trafficking benefit criminal syndicates and terrorist organizations, promote corruption and erode good governance. The illegal timber trade generates US$ 30 billion to US$ 100 billion annually, creating enormous economic distortions in global wood markets. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES for short, is a voluntary international agreement between governments. Countries that sign up to CITES – and there are currently over 180 – are legally bound to varying degrees of trade regulation for over 35,000 threatened plant and animal species. ICCWC is the collaborative effort of five inter-governmental organizations working to bring coordinated support to the national wildlife law enforcement agencies and to the sub-regional and regional networks that, on a daily basis, act in defense of natural resources. The ICCWC partners are the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Secretariat, INTERPOL, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the World Bank and the World Customs

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosts the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, which regulates trade in roughly 5,800 species of animals and 35,000 species of plants to prevent overexploitation. CITES and TRAFFIC encompass only international trade in wildlife, however. Domestic trade must be regulated at the national level. In the United States, such regulation takes the form of the robust Endangered Species Act, but other countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and India are faulted by environmental groups for weak internal regulation. National Geographic’s Wildlife Watch is an investigative journalism project shining a light on wildlife crime and exploitation around the world. From hunting elephants for ivory to smuggling endangered plant species, wildlife crimes often span many national borders so an international approach is needed. The illegal trade in wildlife is estimated to be worth up to USD 20 billion per year (Source: UNEP-INTERPOL Report: The Rise of Environmental Crime).

“By and large, people have a very limited view of what international wildlife trade is, because they always see the same few species, all of which are mammals and all of which are traded, at most, in the tens of thousands,” Nijman says. “For people who are actually more aware of the full scope of wildlife trade,

12 Feb 2018 Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established several key trends in wildlife trade following an in-depth study on  The wildlife trade in Canada, Mexico and the United States is regulated by national laws and through the Convention on International. Trade in Endangered   Chapter 2 International wildlife trade, conservation and livelihoods. 2. 1. Domestic trade makes up a large (if uncertain) proportion of trade in wildlife. In line  The illegal wildlife trade, also known as wildlife trafficking, is devastating for WCS works at the national and international level to ensure that governments 

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Illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade are major threats to many of the world's crime, which threatens the survival of iconic species and undermines national  Illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be a multibillion-dollar business involving the In Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park and Bukit Balai Renjang Landscape, 

The Lacey Act of the U.S.A. dates back to 1900 and is perhaps the most well known example of a pre CITES national law to regulate wildlife trade across internal and international borders. Since CITES came into force in 1975, it is the U.S. Endangered Species Act that primarily incorporates international obligations under CITES into national law as well as U.S. stricter domestic measures that go beyond CITES.

Environmental Investigation Agency - We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuse. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora has brought together 179 nations to combat the illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade through a uniform regulatory regime and increased coordination on a global scale. Wildlife trade can be differentiated in legal and illegal trade, and both can have domestic (local or national) or international markets, but they might be often related with each-other. Ineffective monitoring of international wildlife trade. The volume of international trade in wildlife commodities is immense and continue to rise. New estimates shed light on the surprising makeup of the global wildlife trade. biologist and a National Geographic Society grantee. as trade figures from the International Union for the

Wildlife trafficking — poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products — is one of the largest black markets in the world, measuring billions of dollars a year. It threatens the survival of iconic species such as elephants, rhinos, tigers, sharks, and sea turtles, as well as the security

“By and large, people have a very limited view of what international wildlife trade is, because they always see the same few species, all of which are mammals and all of which are traded, at most, in the tens of thousands,” Nijman says. “For people who are actually more aware of the full scope of wildlife trade, Wildlife trafficking — poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products — is one of the largest black markets in the world, measuring billions of dollars a year. It threatens the survival of iconic species such as elephants, rhinos, tigers, sharks, and sea turtles, as well as the security The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) hosts the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, which regulates trade in roughly 5,800 species of animals and 35,000 species of plants to prevent overexploitation. CITES and TRAFFIC encompass only international trade in wildlife, however. Domestic trade must be regulated at the national level. In the United States, such regulation takes the form of the robust Endangered Species Act, but other countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, and India are faulted by environmental groups for weak internal regulation.

30 Aug 2019 The 18th meeting of the global treaty on cross-border wildlife trade was for protections at this year's CITES international wildlife trade meeting in Geneva. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark. 12 Feb 2018 Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established several key trends in wildlife trade following an in-depth study on  The wildlife trade in Canada, Mexico and the United States is regulated by national laws and through the Convention on International. Trade in Endangered   Chapter 2 International wildlife trade, conservation and livelihoods. 2. 1. Domestic trade makes up a large (if uncertain) proportion of trade in wildlife. In line  The illegal wildlife trade, also known as wildlife trafficking, is devastating for WCS works at the national and international level to ensure that governments  10 Jul 2019 Wildlife crime is a global issue that requires a global solution and officers work diligently in collaboration with national and international