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Wednesday
23Dec2009

Red Sanders Red Alert

Tricks carrying Red Sanders seized in Nepal: smugglers are getting increasingly sophisticated at smuggling the valuable timber out of India Click photo to enlarge © Samir Sinha / TRAFFIC India   New Delhi, India, 23 December 2009—A series of seizures of Red Sanders, a valuable timber species native to southern India have taken place in the past 48 hours, and indications are that smugglers are getting increasingly more sophisticated in transporting the valuable timber out of India.

According to media reports, more than 50 tonnes of Red Sanders logs were seized on 22 December in Leh, in the far northern State of Jammu and Kashmir, where it was en route to China. One person has been arrested with more arrests expected.

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DateWednesday, December 23, 2009 at 14:20 |
Wednesday
23Dec2009

New study highlights scale of international wildlife trade in Southeast Asia

More than 17 million CITES-listed reptiles, like these Southeast Asian Box Turtles and Black Marsh Turtles were exported from Southeast Asia over a ten year period, according to a paper to be published in Biodiversity and Conservation Click photo to enlarge © Sabine Schoppe/TRAFFIC   Oxford, UK 23 December 2009—More than 35 million animals listed in CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) were exported from Southeast Asia between 1998 and 2007, according to a study published this week in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation.

The top animal groups traded were reptiles (17.4 million), seahorses (16 million), birds (1 million), mammals (0.4 million), butterflies (0.3 million) and fish (0.1 million). There were also more than 18 million pieces and 2 million kg of live corals exported.

More than 85% (30 million) of animals were wild-caught, with Malaysia, Viet Nam, Indonesia and China the major exporters of such animals (of around 300 species), and the European Union and Japan the most significant importers.

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DateWednesday, December 23, 2009 at 9:48 |
Wednesday
16Dec2009

Call for tougher wildlife law gets the support of 56,000

A Tiger trapped in a poacher's snare in Belum-Temengor forest, northern Malaysia in October 2009; the animal later died of its injuries. A petition calls on the Government to strengthen measures to protect Malaysia's wildlife against poaching Click photo to enlarge © WWF Malaysia   Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 16 December 2009—The Malaysian Nature Society, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia and WWF-Malaysia, urgently call for the tabling and adoption of amendments to the Protection of Wild Life Act 1972 (Act 76) at the next session of Parliament.

The campaign, which was carried out over one and a half years, calling for a stronger and more comprehensive wildlife law, has received the support of 56,062 people from 161 countries.

However, the legislation that is meant to defend wildlife against domestic threats like poaching fails to be a deterrent and continues to allow wildlife criminals to escape justice.

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DateWednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:48 |
Friday
11Dec2009

TRAFFIC helps board up major wildlife market

The billboard at Bangkok's Chatuchak market that warns about buying illegal wildlife Click image to enlarge   Bangkok, Thailand, 11 December 2009—a large billboard strategically placed along a main thoroughfare at Bangkok’s Chatuchak market is warning buyers not to buy illegal wildlife.

TRAFFIC, WWF and key partners in the region helped design the billboard which is on prominent display at one of Southeast Asia’s largest and best known wildlife markets.

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DateFriday, December 11, 2009 at 9:01 |
Thursday
10Dec2009

Communist Party, industry leaders and TRAFFIC focus on wildlife trade in Viet Nam

Handbag made of Hawksbill turtle shell (bekko) on sale in Phu Quoc Island, Viet Nam; Hawksbills are Critically Endangered because of over-harvesting Click photo to enlarge © Daniel Stiles / TRAFFIC   Tam Dao, Vinh Phuc Province, Viet Nam, 10–11 December 2009—CEOs, private entrepreneurs, State-owned enterprises, and multinational corporations are among the nearly 90 participants attending a workshop this week on the protection of Viet Nam’s wildlife.

The meeting, Corporate social responsibility for the protection of wildlife, the conservation of natural resources and the sustainable development of Viet Nam, is the first collaboration of its kind between the Communist Party’s Central Committee for Communications and Education (CCCE); the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and TRAFFIC.

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DateThursday, December 10, 2009 at 15:08 |
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