Wildlife Trade Specialists
Wildlife trade is at the nexus of today's most pressing conservation challenges © naturepl.com / David Fleetham / WWF
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protecting natural biodiversity, supporting sustainable development
Wildlife trade is one of the world's most pressing conservation challenges, affecting hundreds of millions of people and thousands of wildlife species. TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.
focus wildlife trade issues
scroll through to explore our current conservation and sustainability priorities within global wildlife trade
elephants and ivory trade
20,000 elephants are still being killed each year. Demand for ivory continues to threaten their long term survival ...
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timber trade
Illegal and unsustainable logging is destroying priceless rainforests. We're working to stop the destruction ...
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trade in rhino horn
Three rhinos are poached each day. Highly organised criminal syndicates are funnelling rhino horn to Asian markets ...
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shark and ray trade
Unregulated fisheries and rampant over-exploitation is decimating many populations of sharks and rays ...
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pangolin trade
The world's most trafficked mammal; 1 million poached in a decade. At current trends, many face extinction in the wild
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