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Tuesday
16Mar2010

Porous China-Myanmar border allowing illegal wildlife trade

TRAFFIC's annual snapshot into the state of the wildlife trade in China in 2008 was launched today at the CITES meeting in Qatar Click photo to enlarge   Doha, Qatar, 16 March 2010 — Porous borders are allowing vendors in Myanmar to offer a door-to-door delivery service for illegal wildlife products such as tiger bone wine to buyers in China, according to TRAFFIC’s latest snapshot into wildlife trade in China.

The State of Wildlife Trade in China 2008, released today, is the third in an annual series on emerging trends in China’s wildlife trade.

The report found that over-exploitation of wildlife for trade has affected many species and is stimulating illegal trade across China’s borders.

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DateTuesday, March 16, 2010 at 9:31 |
Monday
15Mar2010

Potential CITES trade ban for rare salamander underscores wildlife e-commerce

Kaiser's Spotted Newt: fewer than 1000 mature, wild individuals remain Click photo to enlarge © TRAFFIC   Doha, Qatar, 15 March 2010 – A little-known Iranian salamander is poised to become the first example of a species requiring international government protection because of e-commerce – a major threat to endangered wildlife that authorities are struggling to address.

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DateMonday, March 15, 2010 at 6:24 |
Saturday
13Mar2010

Peru given six months to clean up mahogany trade

Peru has been given 6 months to address management issues in its mahogany trade or face an export ban Click photo to enlarge © TRAFFIC   Doha, Qatar, 13 March 2010 – In a CITES meeting on Friday, Peru was given a six month ultimatum to address critical issues over the illegal mahogany trade.

The CITES Standing Committee – the body that governs CITES between conference of the parties meetings – took the decision to take this step following Peru’s repeated failure to manage effectively illegal logging and trade in the valuable timber.

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DateSaturday, March 13, 2010 at 18:47 |
Friday
12Mar2010

Chinese medicine societies reject use of tiger bones ahead of CITES conference

The World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies has urged its members not to use parts from endangered wildlife. TRAFFIC's Xu Hongfa speaking at the meeting © TRAFFIC Click photo to enlarge   Doha, Qatar, 12 March 2010 – WWF and TRAFFIC International welcome a World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) statement urging its members not to use tiger bone or any other parts from endangered wildlife.

The statement was made at a symposium on Friday in Beijing and notes that some of the claimed medicinal benefits of tiger bone have no basis. The use of tiger bones was removed from the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacopeia in 1993, when China first introduced a domestic ban on tiger trade.

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DateFriday, March 12, 2010 at 13:42 |
Friday
05Mar2010

INTERPOL targets illegal trade in wildlife medical products

Thousands of medicinal products containing or marketing illegal wildlife ingredients have been confiscated during Operation Tram Click photo to enlarge © TRAFFIC   5 March 2010—a month-long operation targeting the illegal trade in medicines containing protected wildlife products has resulted in arrests worldwide and the seizure of thousands of illegal products worth more than EUR10 million.

INTERPOL co-ordinated Operation Tram, which involved national wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and specialized units from 18 countries across all five continents. In Italy alone, officers from the Corpo Forestalle dello Stato made more than 30,000 seizures.

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DateFriday, March 5, 2010 at 14:56 |
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