Sentences with phrase «year illegal wildlife trade»

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This year's theme is on the illegal trade in wildlife, which is eroding Earth's precious biodiversity, robbing us of our natural heritage and driving species to the brink of extinction.

No one know how many birds succumb each year to the wildlife trade since much of the trafficking is illegal, but within Southeast Asia alone, it is likely «in the order of tens of millions,» says Kelly Edmunds, a researcher at the University of East Anglia in England who investigates the emerging infectious diseases amongst bird sellers in Asia and was not involved in the study.

The illegal wildlife trade is worth an estimated $ 20 billion a year; some of that money ends up funding groups like Boko Haram and their violent ideology.

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

Global Financial Integrity, a Washington - based lobby group, last year estimated the global illegal wildlife trade to be worth at least # 5bn.

But now the 31 - year - old royal has announced plans use his spotlight to illuminate the environmental cause — quitting his position in the UK's Armed Forces to head an organization that combats the illegal wildlife trade.

«At the root of the illegal wildlife trade, for example, is the demand for products that require the deaths of tens of thousands of these animals every year, pushing them further towards extinction.

According to a joint UN / INTERPOL report, the illegal trade in wildlife may be valued anywhere between $ 70 to $ 213 billion U.S. dollars per year globally.

«At the root of the illegal wildlife trade, for example, is the demand for products that require the deaths of tens of thousands of these animals every year, pushing them further towards extinction.