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London, UK, 21st May 2013—His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and the UK Government are today hosting a conference calling for action at the highest level to end the trade in illegal wildlife—a trade that presents a grave threat not only to the natural world, but also to national and regional security.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 9:32 | Share Article 
Beijing, China, May 2013—Around 200 kg of ivory products were seized last month in Beijing’s markets as part of a strategic crack-down on illegal wildlife trade in China.
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Vietnam,10 May 2013 - In support of TRAFFIC and WWF’s campaign to tackle the illegal trade of rhino horn to and within Viet Nam, a Public Service Announcement (PSA) has been developed that will run on State-owned television channels and cinemas in Viet Nam, and will be prominently displayed on local and international social media platforms.
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F Langenkamp2@WWF CARPOBrazzaville, Republic of Congo, 26 April 2013 - A recent study shows forest elephant populations in the Congo Basin fell by almost two-thirds - or 62% -over the past decade as a result of extensive ivory poaching.
Without action, it is likely that the elephant, the largest land mammal on earth, will follow in the footsteps of the rhinoceroses in Central Africa, which have been hunted to extinction for their horns.
Friday, May 3, 2013 at 9:21 | Share Article 
19th April 2013—Japan’s announcement that it intends to raise the penalties for those convicted of wildlife trafficking from one to five years in jail came just after Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted a law to parliament that would make smuggling of endangered species a criminal offence, meaning those convicted would spend time behind bars.
Friday, April 19, 2013 at 1:06 | Share Article 
Ha Noi, Viet Nam 18th April, 2013—Vietnamese citizens are being encouraged to stop buying or consuming rhino horn through a series of advertisements developed by WWF and TRAFFIC as part of their campaign against Illegal Wildlife Trade.
Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 3:05 | Share Article 
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11th April 2013—A new TRAFFIC report finds that millions of Tokay Geckos are being harvested from the wild to supply the traditional medicine (TM) trade in East Asia. At the same time, the trade in Tokay Geckos for Novel Medicinal Claims (NMCs), including as a supposed cure for AIDS, has declined markedly.
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 0:05 | Share Article TRAFFIC is seeking a Project Leader for the USAID-funded ‘Wildlife Trafficking, Response, Assessment, Priority Setting’ (Wildlife-TRAPS) initiative.
Wildlife TRAPS is likely to focus on achieving a high impact with a tightly focused group of species products (i.e. including ivory and rhino horn) traded between Central and East & Southern Africa and East and South-East Asia.
The position will be based in Pretoria, South Africa
Closing date for applications: 3rd May 2013
More information
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:53 | Share Article 
Singapore, 2013—Participants from countries across South-East Asia plus China met last month in Singapore to develop or update national and regional plant conservation targets consistent with the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC).
Monday, April 8, 2013 at 13:09 | Share Article TRAFFIC aims to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature
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