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Friday
Aug202010

Cambodia holds ASEAN wildlife crimes workshop

Phnom Penh, 20th August 2010—Key judiciary and law enforcement leaders met this week to review prosecution of wildlife offences in Cambodia.

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Thursday
Aug192010

Trapping for food threatens rare Asian bird

Cambridge, UK, 19th August 2010—The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption.

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Wednesday
Aug112010

Hunting a key factor in Orangutan’s decline

Cambridge, UK, 11 August—Hunting appears to have been significantly underestimated as a key reason for the historical decline of Orangutans, according to a new study published today.

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Wednesday
Aug112010

Experts to establish Wildlife Forensics Network

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11 August 2010—A network linking wildlife forensic specialists across South-East Asia is taking shape as law enforcement agencies begin to turn to DNA testing as a significant weapon in the fight against wildlife trafficking.

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Tuesday
Aug102010

New taskforce makes big agarwood seizure

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10 August 2010—Member agencies of a newly created anti-poaching taskforce seized two tonnes of Agarwood stashed at a jetty on Banding Island which is located near the wildlife rich Belum-Temengor Forest Complex in the north of Peninsular Malaysia.

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Tuesday
Aug102010

Viet Nam and Indonesia collaborate to tackle illegal wildlife trade

Hai Phong, Viet Nam, 10 August 2010—Indonesian wildlife trade enforcement officials met their Vietnamese counterparts in Hai Phong city last week for a first bilateral dialogue on collaboration against illegal wildlife trade between the two countries.

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Monday
Aug092010

Deforestation spreading out from Dar es Salaam

9 August 2010—A new study documents “waves” of forest degradation advancing 120 km from Dar Es Salaam over a 14 year period.

The study, by an international team of scientists, supports an economic model that predicted the sequential removal of products from high to low value radiating out from major demand centres.

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