Sentences with phrase «including illegal wildlife trade»

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is a US tax exempt environmental organization that investigates and campaigns against a wide range of environmental crimes, including illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging, hazardous waste, and trade in climate and ozone - altering chemicals.

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is a UK - and Washington DC - based Non-Governmental Organization that investigates and campaigns against a wide range of environmental crimes, including illegal wildlife trade, illegal logging, hazardous waste and trade in climate - and ozone - altering chemicals.

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Reductions in biodiversity from illegal wildlife trade can have other substantial negative human health impacts, including the loss of potential sources of pharmaceuticals, experimental models for studying disease, crop pollination and micronutrients for humans lacking alternative sources of protein.

Following closely behind are a multitude of threats, including human - lion conflict, encroachment of PAs by humans and livestock and in some cases, the emerging threat of direct poaching of lions for the illegal wildlife trade.

While there are mounting efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade, including within Singapore to reduce demand for wildlife products, the illegal trade in some species still remains undocumented.

«They confirm that the scale of the illegal wildlife trade — including trade in plants — is much greater than we had previously thought, and that wildlife trafficking concerns many more species than the charismatic rhinos and elephants which tend to receive global attention.

Central Asia's endangered species, including the snow leopard, are under threat from poaching and illegal wildlife trade.

It is possible to stem some part of the illegal trade in wildlife by interdicting it at key points around the globe, including JFK and Newark airports, as well as airports in the major capitals of the world.

According to the authors, key information is lacking on important threats to biodiversity, including invasive species, logging, bush - meat harvesting, and illegal wildlife trade.

LaBudde continued to expose other forms of wildlife slaughter, including the illegal killing of walrus in Alaska for the ivory trade.