Posts tagged illegal wildlife trade
Which Nations Are Causing The Most Environmental Damage?
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancedeforestation, foreign investment, AIIB, tropical deforestation, Latin America, South America, China, pollution havens, belt and road project, World Bank, carbon emissions, biodiversity loss, extinction, Yale Environment 360, poaching, wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, ivory smuggling, rhino horn, pangolin
ALERT's Biggest Conservation Stories of 2016
ConservationBill Lauranceextinction, species extinction, habitat loss, habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, roads, dams, poaching, 2016, Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Leuser Ecosystem, Nigeria, development corridors, giraffe, Cheetah, Brazilian Amazon, Brazilian Forest Code, Amazon rainforest, Sumatra, geothermal project, hydroelectric dam, Congo, Congo megadams, Bangladesh, tigers, India waterways, wilderness, global human footprint, genetic diversity, China, illegal wildlife trade, overfishing, overhunting, land-use planning, Zero-deforestation agreement, ivory trade, rhino horn, orangutan, Elephant, mass extinction
Planet at a Crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
ConservationAlice HughesIUCN World Conservation Congress, endangered species, threatened mammals, climate change, habitat loss, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, IUCN Red List, biodiversity hotspots, illegal wildlife trade, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Bramble Cay Melomys, Paris COP, great apes, protected areas, Aichi Targets, key biodiversity areas, defaunation, mass extinction, Alice Hughes
Combating Asia's Catastrophic Illegal Wildlife Trade
WildlifeBill Lauranceillegal wildlife trade, poaching, Asia, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Jacob Phelps, Chris Shepherd, Tony Lynam, Conservation Asia 2016, captive breeding, endangered species, overexploitation, organized crime, law enforcement, CITES, wildlife markets, silent forests
Selling Noah's Ark? The collapse of Asia's bird biodiversity
Alice Hughesbirds, Indonesia, wildlife trade, illegal wildlife trade, TRAFFIC, endangered species, Alice Hughes, Asian biodiversity, wildlife markets, Jakarta, Songbird Crisis Summit
Pangolins in peril: The most heavily hunted animals on Earth?
Alice Hughespangolin, China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, illegal wildlife trade, overhunting, Alice Hughes, Africa, Asia, traditional medicines, Pholidota
Not just rhinos: Hornbill horns fetch stunning prices in illegal wildlife trade
Bill Laurancehelmeted hornbill, hornbill, Southeast Asia, illegal wildlife trade, China, casique, poaching, ivory, rhino horn, Kalimantan, Borneo, illegal hunting, CITES, Gunung Leuser National Park
Nineteen rangers killed trying to save forest elephants
Bill Laurancepark ranger, park rangers, Virunga National Park, Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Equatorial Africa, ivory, illegal hunting, poaching, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, forest elephant, illegal wildlife trade
Growing concerns over 'Lawless Laos' -- paradise for poachers & smugglers
Bill LauranceLao, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, smuggling, China, endangered species, CITES, Europol, Vietnam, anti-trafficking regulations
China screams about arrest of its illegal loggers
Bill LauranceMyanmar, Burma, China, illegal logging, timber smuggling, corruption, raw logs, illegal wildlife trade, greenhouse gases, minerals
Mysterious black leopards finally reveal their spots
Bill Lauranceblack leopard, leopard, Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia, leopard spots, automatic cameras, infrared flash, Gopalasamy Reuben Clements, Laurie Hedges, William Laurance, melanism, poaching, illegal wildlife trade, wire snares, James Cook University, University of Nottingham-Malaysia
Wildlife poaching: Conservation on the borders
Bill LauranceXTBG, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, transboundary conservation, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, pangolins, endangered species, CITES, Alice Hughes
Using old smart-phones to fight eco-crimes
Bill LauranceRainforest Connection, Smart phones, Cameroon, Zoological Society of London, Sumatra, illegal logging, gold mining, poaching, illegal hunting, illegal wildlife trade, forest monitoring
Do the world a favor: Dob in an eco-sinner today
Bill LauranceWildLeaks, WikiLeaks, wildlife poaching, illegal wildlife trade, Andrea Crosta, ivory trade, elephants, tigers, illegal logging, chimpanzees
Melbourne woman combats illegal rhino-horn trade
China imposes serious prison time for wildlife offences
Bill LauranceChina, illegal wildlife trade, ivory, elephants, rhinos, rhino horn, shark finning, sharks, endangered species, poaching
First-ever fatwa against wildlife trafficking
European Commission seeks input on illegal wildlife trade
China acknowledges role in global elephant slaughter
Conservation, Most PopularBill Lauranceelephants, illegal ivory, ivory, China, illegal wildlife trade, blood ivory, poaching, Chinese government, African elephant, Asian elephant
