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Anti-wildlife trafficking groups target viral origin
Conservationists are demanding an end to the wildlife trade to stamp out the root cause of zoonotic outbreaks such as the coronavirus pandemic, which likely originated at a wet market in Wuhan, China and has infected more than 2,800 people in Thailand.Speaking at the Foreign ...
Thana Boonlert
ASEAN wildlife under threat from illegal hunting
Illegal hunting poses a greater threat to ASEAN’s wildlife than earlier thought according to a study published in the Communications Biology journal last week. The research in three ASEAN countries showed that maintaining habitat quality as a means of protecting tropical biodiversity is, by itself, ...
Jason Thomas
New joint bid to end wildlife trafficking
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is joining hands with several international organisations to launch a campaign to end wildlife trafficking.The campaign, called “A Good Life is Free of Killing”, is a collaboration between the Thai government, WildAid, and the United ...
Thana Boonlert
Asean embarks on collaborative effort to combat the menace of wildlife trafficking
The region needs a clear action plan to tackle wildlife trafficking, experts stressed this past weekend as the leaders of Asean nations meeting in Bangkok endorsed the “Chiang Mai Statement of Asean Ministers Responsible for CITES and Wildlife Enforcement”.Keep reading ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Inside the disturbing world of illegal wildlife trade
A recent report by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature showed that between 1970 and 2014 the vertebrate population declined by an average of 60 percent. While this was mostly due to habitat loss, the illegal trade in wildlife—whether rhino horn, tiger bone, or animals ...
Simon Worrall
SPECIAL REPORT: Wildlife trafficking: a global scourge
The special report includes;– Law enforcement and prosecution seen improved over the years, but still one step behind trafficking– Wildlife trafficking– Global effort and,– Prosecution overhaulKeep reading ...
Piyaporn Wongruang