http://www.traffic.org/home/Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:28:35 +0000en-GBSquarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.166 (http://www.squarespace.com)Conservation awarenessIn AsiaMammals - tigersTRAFFICWed, 19 Jun 2013 13:09:43 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/19/traditional-medicine-industry-strengthens-commitment-to-prot.html157301:1467553:33920904Beijing, China, June 2013—Representatives from the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and traditional Tibetan medicine (TTM) industry met last week in Beijing to discuss how they can help further protect species with a high medicinal value and to reaffirm their commitment not to use parts from Tigers and other endangered animals.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33920904.xmlEnforcementFisheriesIn EuropeReport launchTRAFFICMon, 17 Jun 2013 23:10:54 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/18/europes-last-wild-sturgeons-threatened-by-ongoing-illegal-fi.html157301:1467553:33913092Bucharest, Romania, 18th June 2013—Ongoing illegal fishing and trade in caviar in Romania and Bulgaria is threatening the survival of sturgeons in the Danube river basin finds a new report by WWF and TRAFFIC.
]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33913092.xmlBirdsCBDConservation awarenessFisheriesHerpetologicalIn AfricaPlants - medicinal and aromaticReport launchWild meatTRAFFICFri, 14 Jun 2013 14:33:23 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/14/climate-change-threatens-human-livelihoods-and-wildlife-reso.html157301:1467553:33902541Cambridge, UK, 14th June 2013—Wild plants and animals important to people’s livelihoods in East Africa’s Albertine Rift region are at risk from climate change, finds a new joint TRAFFIC/IUCN study.

Vital but vulnerable: climate change vulnerability and human use of wildlife in Africa’s Albertine Rift includes a comprehensive assessment of 2,358 wild animal and plant species and finds that 33 plant, 25 reptile, 24 mammal, 19 freshwater fish, 17 bird and 14 amphibian species are both important for use by people and vulnerable to climate change.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33902541.xmljobTRAFFICFri, 14 Jun 2013 13:14:00 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/14/vacancy-traffic-regional-director-central-africa.html157301:1467553:33902147http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33902147.xmljobTRAFFICFri, 14 Jun 2013 13:07:00 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/14/vacancy-traffic-regional-director-east-asia.html157301:1467553:33902156http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33902156.xmljobTRAFFICFri, 14 Jun 2013 13:04:04 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/14/vacancy-traffic-regional-director-south-east-asia.html157301:1467553:33902171http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33902171.xmlIn AsiaTRAFFICSun, 09 Jun 2013 23:05:56 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/10/wildlife-detector-dog-programme-a-first-for-china.html157301:1467553:33861945Ruili, China, June 2013—China is all set to begin using detector dogs to assist enforcement officers to locate wildlife contraband, the first time the technique has been used in the country.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33861945.xmlEnforcementIn AsiaIvoryMammals - rhinosTRAFFICThu, 06 Jun 2013 12:19:53 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/6/anti-smuggling-focus-on-wildlife-crime-enhanced-in-chinas-gu.html157301:1467553:33837193Guangxi, China, 3rd June 2013—Wildlife law enforcement agencies in Guangxi Province met last month to review their efforts to crack-down on smuggling of endangered wildlife in 2012, as well as to align their collaboration in 2013.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33837193.xmlConservation awarenessIn AsiaTRAFFICTue, 04 Jun 2013 07:09:48 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/4/on-borrowed-time-wins-best-conservation-documentary-at-the-b.html157301:1467553:33849940Abbeville, France, June 2013—‘On Borrowed Time’, a documentary on the poaching crisis in the Belum-Temengor Forest Complex of northern Peninsular Malaysia produced by TRAFFIC and WWF-Malaysia, has bagged a second major film award, this time in France.



]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33849940.xmlIn AsiaPlants - medicinal and aromaticTRAFFICTue, 04 Jun 2013 07:08:38 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/6/4/fairwild-certified-licorice-tea-on-sale-in-japan.html157301:1467553:33770779Tokyo, Japan 4th June 2013—Nine months after its launch in the UK the Peppermint & FairWild-certified Licorice Tea produced by Pukka Herbs Ltd is now being retailed through WWF’s Panda Shop in Japan.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33770779.xmlConservation awarenessForestryIn AmericasTRAFFICThu, 30 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/5/30/peru-indigenous-people-take-control-of-their-forest-resource.html157301:1467553:33770853Lima, Peru, 29th May 2013—Two indigenous communities within the Peruvian Amazon have formed a “Veeduría Forestal” or Forestry Oversight in a bid to curb the pillage of their forests by outsiders, to secure fair prices for their timber resources and to increase transparency in the management of incomes derived from it.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33770853.xmlEnforcementIllegal trade campaignIn AfricaTRAFFICTue, 28 May 2013 23:02:00 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/5/29/un-chief-takes-poaching-concerns-to-security-council.html157301:1467553:33768334New York, USA, 29th May 2013—The United Nations Security Council will be briefed today on the severe and escalating threat to peace and security posed by Central Africa’s heavily-armed elephant poaching gangs.

In a report to the world’s highest international security body, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says, “Poaching and its potential linkages to other criminal, even terrorist, activities constitute a grave menace to sustainable peace and security in Central Africa.”]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33768334.xmlCBDConservation awarenessTRAFFICTue, 28 May 2013 09:58:32 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/5/28/key-organizations-team-up-to-stop-the-extinction-crisis.html157301:1467553:33766870Gland, Switzerland, 28th May 2013—With more than 20,000 of the species assessed on The IUCN Red List threatened with extinction, IUCN and other organizations, including TRAFFIC, have come together to support the achievement of a global biodiversity target to prevent further species loss.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33766870.xmlEnforcementIn AfricaIn AsiaIvoryTRAFFICFri, 24 May 2013 11:40:00 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/5/24/court-case-verdict-reveals-true-scale-of-2011s-annus-horribi.html157301:1467553:33757060Fujian Province, China, 24th May 2013—The sentencing of three men in Fujian Province for their role in smuggling ivory to China from Africa has provided new insights into the scale and nature of the global illicit ivory trade in 2011, already the worst year on record.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33757060.xmlCITESEnforcementIn EuropeInvertebratesTo EuropeTRAFFICThu, 23 May 2013 11:50:09 +0000http://www.traffic.org/home/2013/5/23/uk-hands-down-custodial-sentence-for-coral-smuggling.html157301:1467553:33753550Manchester, UK, 23rd May 2013—A man has been jailed for attempting to smuggle more than 750 kg of rare and endangered corals and clams through the UK’s Manchester Airport from Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam.]]>http://www.traffic.org/home/rss-comments-entry-33753550.xml