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With just 100 days until the CITES CoP20 opens in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, TRAFFIC staff are intensifying efforts in data ...
A new grant from the Wolfson Foundation will help TRAFFIC upgrade IT infrastructure and streamline data systems. This will ...
Rhino poaching in Africa drops to lowest level since 2011, but total rhino numbers decline 6.7% — with white rhinos at near ...
Data sharing and digital tools are prized innovations in the fight against wildlife crime. Now, Kyrgyzstan is seizing the ...
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – Henry Ford   A missed opportunity to gather evidence from a ...
Marked for DeathBorn Wild. Hunted Young. Stand with Rhinos. Rhinos are being hunted to extinction, gunned down for their horns and trafficked into illegal markets that value profit over life. In South ...
TRAFFICis a leading non-governmental organisation working to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable for the benefit of the planet and people.
Capybaras are being trapped and sold into the exotic pet trade, stripped from their wild homes and social groups. TRAFFIC is working to expose online sellers, support enforcement crackdowns, and ...
The world’s smallest bear is facing a gigantic threat. Sun bears are killed for their bile and meat, while cubs are stolen from the wild and sold as exotic pets. Their forest homes are disappearing, ...
They’re vanishing. Not just pangolins, but countless species caught in the crosshairs of illegal trade. From forest floor to black market shelf, wildlife is being stolen, slaughtered, and sold at a ...
These are just some of the shocking revelations contained in a new report, Empty Shells: An assessment of abalone poaching and trade from southern Africa, published today by TRAFFIC, the international ...
Overall, whole tigers, dead and live, as well as a variety of tiger parts equal to a conservative estimate of 3,377 tigers were confiscated between January 2000 and June 2022 across 50 countries and ...