Sentences with phrase «international wildlife trade»

Australia's Taronga Zoo and TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network have created an app that lets us do our part.

Vincent Nijman, the conservation biologist who authored the report, argues that current regulations on the legal wildlife trade are too lenient and lack the resources necessary for realistic enforcement.Southeast Asia is a hub for the international wildlife trade; an industry fueled by globalization and increased economic prosperity in the region.

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Psihoyos details what many scientists and experts believe are the causes behind this vast dying off of the world's species — the international wildlife trade and the fossil fuel industry.

Mr William Symes, a PhD student from the Department of Biological Sciences at the NUS Faculty of Science, who led the study, said, «Increasing our understanding of the drivers of international wildlife trade is critical as unsustainable harvesting of wildlife can lead to population decline and the extinction of species.

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established several key trends in wildlife trade following an in - depth study on international wildlife trade data.

Tom Milliken, leader of the elephant and rhino program for the international wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, said Namibia had 1,750 black rhino as of the end of 2012 and the population has been steadily increasing under good management and protection.

A deadly disease that is wiping out salamanders in parts of Europe will inevitably reach the U.S. through the international wildlife trade unless steps are taken to halt its spread, says University of Maryland amphibian expert Karen Lips.

«The internet has without a doubt facilitated the huge expansion of illegal international wildlife trading over the last decade,» said Crawford Allan, of the wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic to The Guardian.

Not exact matches

The IFWA is calling for «robust domestic legislation» and an international action plan to tackle illegal wildlife trade on the internet.

In early October, the triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), the world's largest wildlife trade conference, granted the African grey parrot the highest level of international protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade oInternational Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), the world's largest wildlife trade conference, granted the African grey parrot the highest level of international protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade of the anTrade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), the world's largest wildlife trade conference, granted the African grey parrot the highest level of international protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade of the antrade conference, granted the African grey parrot the highest level of international protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade ointernational protection, including the prohibition of international commercial trade ointernational commercial trade of the antrade of the animal.

Overall, the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in Johannesburg, South Africa, voted en masse to back outright bans on the wildlife tTrade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, in Johannesburg, South Africa, voted en masse to back outright bans on the wildlife tradetrade.

He said Manila's criminal trade in animals ranges from pet stores «with many endangered and illegal species hidden behind the scenes» to major international wildlife violators and wholesale smuggling rackets.

Leading scientists from around the world convened this week at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss how to better leverage science to combat illegal wildlife trade — both within countries and across internatiInternational Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss how to better leverage science to combat illegal wildlife trade — both within countries and across internationalinternational borders.

Furthermore, as more populations are declared protected, and more and more species are listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the demand for forensic testing in wildlife cases is sure to increase.

Conservationists gathered at the United for Wildlife symposium — «International Wildlife Trafficking: Solutions to a Global Crisis» are discussing ways to protect wildlife and combat trade.

They further call for increased awareness of botanical trade among the international initiatives to address wildlife trafficking.

We must urgently step up international efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and strengthen the implementation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these spinternational efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and strengthen the implementation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these species.&rtrade and strengthen the implementation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these spInternational Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these species.&rTrade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these species.»

A booming trade in herbal remedies is threatening the survival of many medicinal plants found only in the wild, according to a study by TRAFFIC International, the organisation that monitors trade in wildlife.

John Scanlon, Secretary - General of CITES stated, «The snow leopard is an iconic species, and CITES — the global legal instrument for regulating international trade in wildlife, provides it with the highest level of protection.

The documentary also tackles another big animal killer, the international exotic wildlife trade, through which endangered species like sharks and Manta rays are being butchered and then sold as food or as bogus medical remedies.

This episode begins with a discussion about the international trade in illegal wildlife and wildlife products featuring the President and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare, Azzinternational trade in illegal wildlife and wildlife products featuring the President and CEO of International Fund for Animal Welfare, AzzInternational Fund for Animal Welfare, Azzedine Downes.

We confront the largest national and international problems facing animals, which local shelters don't have the reach or the resources to take on, such as animal fighting, puppy mills, horse slaughter and soring, seal killing and other forms of commercial slaughter of marine mammals, captive hunting and the wildlife trade, and inhumane slaughter and factory farming.

Last year, some 24 tons of ivory was seized around the world — the product of an estimated 2,500 elephants — making it the worst year for elephant poaching since an international ban on commercial ivory trading began in 1989, according to Traffic, a wildlife trade monitoring network.

The recent discovery of a natural population of S. leytensis on Palawan has already spurred a collecting frenzy among wildlife trappers and traders to supply domestic and international markets for the illegal wildlife trade.

Subtitle B: Disposition of Allowances -(Sec. 321) Amends the CAA to set forth provisions governing the disposition of emission allowances, including specifying allocations: (1) for supplemental emissions reductions from reduced deforestation; (2) for the benefit of electricity, natural gas, and / or home heating oil and propane consumers; (3) for auction, with proceeds for the benefit of low income consumers and worker investment; (4) to energy - intensive, trade - exposed industries; (5) for the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; (6) to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy; (7) to be distributed to Energy Innovation Hubs and advanced energy research; (8) to invest in the development and deployment of clean vehicles; (9) to domestic petroleum refineries and small business refiners; (10) for domestic and international adaptation; (11) for domestic wildlife and natural resource adaptation; and (12) for international clean technology deployment.

Department for International Development pledges to provide up to # 250m over four years to help tackle marine plastic and illegal wildlife trade

In 1975, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was established to oversee the wildlife tTrade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was established to oversee the wildlife tradetrade.

«While the issue of whether sales should be allowed to proceed or not has dominated much of the discussions here in Qatar, WWF and TRAFFIC believe the key driving force behind the ongoing elephant poaching is the continued existence of illegal domestic ivory markets across parts of Africa and Asia,» said Steven Broad, executive director of TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of WWF and International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN.