VACANCY: Timber Trade Flow Consultant, Central Africa

This consultancy position involves a technical and advising role in TRAFFIC Central Africa’s forest and trade work, with special emphasis on timber trade in Cameroon.

This is a full-time consultancy position for a period of 50 days, based in Cameroon.

Closing date for applications: 24th February 2012

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Illegal ivory trade blooms during Egypt’s Arab Spring

30th January 2012—the illegal trade in elephant ivory is flourishing in Egypt due to a lack of law enforcement, combined with the entrance into the market of a major new consumer—the Chinese buyer, according to a new TRAFFIC investigation.

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CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY: Expert on Peruvian Amazon forestry issues sought

Call for tender—TRAFFIC South America invites applications from interested individuals for the development of a consultancy in two regions of the Peruvian Amazon: Ucayali and Madre de Dios, as a component of the project “Amazonia Viva” funded by the EC and co-executed with five other NGOs, to offer solutions to the problems associated with forest management and trade of timber.

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Almost 1,500 turtles “crammed like sardines” into suitcases

Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 January, 2012—Close to 1,500 live Pig-nosed Turtles were seized yesterday in Mopah Airport, Merauke, in Papua Province, Indonesia.

The 1,495 turtles were concealed inside two suitcases en route to Jakarta, the nation’s capital and a major hub for illicit wildlife trade.

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Chinese consumers urged to be wary what they eat during New Year festivities

Beijing, China, 19th January 2012—TRAFFIC is advising consumers to be especially vigilant in the lead up to Chinese New Year to minimise their consumption of threatened wildlife species.

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Rhino poaching deaths continue to increase in South Africa

12th January 2012—Despite increased law enforcement efforts, rhino poaching accelerated in South Africa last year.  The country lost 448 rhinos to poaching in 2011, official government statistics reveal.  The total includes 19 critically endangered Black Rhinos, of which fewer than 5,000 remain in the wild. 

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Malaysia seizes half a tonne of ivory

Port Klang, Malaysia, 9th January 2012—Malaysian Customs Department in Port Klang has seized close to half a tonne of ivory exported from Cape Town, South Africa; the third ivory seizure at this port in just over six months.

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