TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature
Entries from May 1, 2007 - June 1, 2007
Top of the cops: ivory number 1 in Belgian CITES seizures
TRAFFIC's report on Belgian CITES-seizures found that approximately 12,000 (24%) of 50,000 seized wildlife specimens were ivoryCambridge, UK, 30 May 2007—Elephant ivory is the most commonly seized CITES-listed wildlife product in Belgium, a new report by TRAFFIC has found.
The report, Le commerce illegal et la vente d’espèces CITES en Belgique : ivoire d’éléphant et autres spécimens (“Illegal trade and the sale of CITES-listed specimens in Belgium: elephant ivory and other specimens”), analysed data on 1,500 seizures made by law enforcement officers in Belgium between 1984 and 2006, involving around 50,000 wildlife specimens. Approximately 12,000 (24%) were ivory, making it the most commonly seized product.
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CITES meeting in the spotlight
Cambridge, UK, 28 May 2007—The latest issue of info TRAFFIC, the French language wildlife trade newsletter, has a special focus on the forthcoming CITES meeting in The Hague, from 3–15 June.
Topics covered include key issues such as elephants and ivory trade, timber, fisheries and the CITES strategic vision.
There is also a table illustrating TRAFFIC’s position on each of the 36 proposals to amend the CITES Appendices.
Tanzania’s disappearing timber revenue
Village in southern Tanzania showing log piles and village chairman's house (arrowed) © TRAFFIC Click to enlargeDar es Salaam, Tanzania, 25 May 2007—Millions of dollars worth of timber revenue is being lost each year in Tanzania because of poor governance and rampant corruption in the forestry sector, according to a hard-hitting report by TRAFFIC, launched today.
The report, Forestry, governance and national development: Lessons learned from a logging boom in southern Tanzania documents alarming levels of corruption, illegal logging and exports of forest products from Tanzania.
