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Tourism industry representatives signing a pledge to tackle illegal wildlife trade.

6 Jun
2023

Resurgence in travellers leads USAID to encourage Viet Nam’s Tourism Sector to fight illegal wildlife trade

Today, USAID, with the Enterprise Development Foundation / Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EDF/VCCI) and Quang Ninh Department of Tourism organized a consultation workshop with the tourism…

Several organisations electronically signed the MoU at the 2023 Customs Control Technology Development Forum. Image courtesy of Chinese Academy of Customs Administration

26 May 2023

Efforts For Long-Term Action To Secure Legal Tropical Wood Trade Strengthened In China

The Chinese Academy of Customs Administration and TRAFFIC have officially agreed to combine efforts to strengthen the supervision of China’s timber…

Hawksbill turtle swimming through a reef © WWF

24 May 2023

Illegal Wildlife Trade: Baseline for Monitoring and Law Enforcement in the Sulu-Celebes Seas

A wide range and concerning volume of wildlife are being trafficked through the Sulu-Celebes region¹, and a new report calls for urgent action in…

22 May 2023

Scaling up to #BuildBackBiodiversity

Today, TRAFFIC join organisations and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in highlighting the urgent need to move from Agreement to Action to…

Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) in the reef, Palawan Philippines © Jürgen Freund / WWF

26 April 2023

Trading Giants: A Rapid Assessment Of Giant Clam Tridacninae Seizures Implicating Southeast Asia 2003-2022

The global trade in giant clams warrants closer scrutiny following large-scale seizures and a lack of knowledge on the dynamics and scale of the…

20 April 2023

TRAFFIC and WWF welcome the EU’s increased controls on the trade in captive tigers

The EU has released guidance to increase the controls on the trade of captive-born and bred live tigers and their parts and derivatives. TRAFFIC and…

17 April 2023

Most effective enforcement operation against illegal wildlife and drugs in Asia-Pacific Fired up for new phase

Shanghai, China – Last week, TRAFFIC supported Chinese Customs’ information sharing event of the highly successful Operation Mekong Dragon (OMD).

Mindanao Writhed Hornbill © Mizoram Police

3 April 2023

Endemic Southeast Asian birds seized far from home raise questions

Native only to very specific parts of Southeast Asia, yet hornbills endemic to the Philippines and Bowerbirds found only in Indonesia and Papua New…

1 April 2023

Organisations Celebrate The Tenth Batch: Six More Wildlife Sniffer Dogs Will Strengthen Wildlife Protection In India

India's wildlife sniffer dog force gets new recruits as six trained wildlife sniffer dog squads finished their training under TRAFFIC and WWF-India's…

31 March 2023

Empowering Vietnamese women entrepreneurs to combat wildlife trafficking

Today, the Danang Association for Women Entrepreneurs (DNAWE) and TRAFFIC organised a celebratory ceremony to mark the engagement of the women’s…

EU flags at a European Commission building. Image by Guillaume Périgois / unsplash

29 March 2023

European Commission Expert Roundtable Discusses The Role Of Behaviour Change Approaches In Addressing Illegal Wildlife Trade

On 21 March, TRAFFIC helped organise and participate in a European Commission event to exchange lessons learnt and identify best practices to reduce…

Ploughshare and radiated tortoises seized in Malaysia in May 2017 – Elizabeth John/TRAFFIC

23 March 2023

An assessment of wildlife trade between Madagascar and Southeast Asia

A new TRAFFIC study reveals Southeast Asia’s significant role in the legal and illicit trade of Madagascar’s rare and endemic wildlife and calls for…

Logs at FSC certified logging company, East Region, Cameroon

21 March 2023

An overview of the timber traceability systems in the Congo Basin countries

This overview report assesses the region's progress in developing timber traceability systems to reduce additional pressures from over-exploitation…