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The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment

… sation (WCO) and others, including at national levels. High- level political conferences have also addressed the … wide range of other commercial fisheries species from the high seas and territorial waters. All of these have a significant …
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World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species

… role in laundering illegally acquired wildlife. - -- Some high value species reviewed for this report appear to have … laundering operations. These risks are particularly high in rapidly growing markets, where demand outstrips the … many marine species inhabit a global commons – the high seas – making their sustainable use an inherently …
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Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats

… 53 8 A High-Profit, Low-Risk Activity … environmental crime appears to be characterized by:  A high-profit, low-risk nature: the opportunities for large … Crime Working Group Meeting in Glasgow;  Project Clean Seas (since 2002): this initiative of the Pollution Crime …
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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… possibly in the range of at 8 least 5–7%, with examples as high as 21–28%. This compares to a global GDP growth rate of … planned. Root causes are primarily the low risks and high profits in a permissive environment as a result of poor … forms of contraband. This provides them with a low-risk high-profit source of revenue compared to their traditional …
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Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn: an Assessment Report to Improve Law Enforcement Under the Wildlife TRAPS Project

… in 2012 has generally remained stable at an unacceptably high level. This interpretation is further buttressed by the … and the trade actually remains fairly stable at a high level. The large raw ivory class contributes the most to … Uganda arrested Chinese suspects in conjunction with two high-profile large-scale ivory seizure cases in those …
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ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime

… national-level enforcement actions are at an all time high. The network successfully links environmental agencies, … treaties. The ASEAN region is characterized by a generally high rate of adherence6 to international treaties and … of exotic, non –native species/ Introduction from the High-seas Importing Exporting Re-exporting Offer for sale …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals

… by Resolution Conf. 4.7) were based on the premise that a high volume of trade was sufficient evidence alone to justify … the CITES Secretariat, on the perception of the issue of high trade-volume, came to the following conclusions: The … AND CONCLUSIONS The Narwhal inhabits circumpolar arctic seas principally between 70°N and SCN. The best studied …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds

… by Resolution Conf. 4.7) were based on the premise that a high volume of trade was sufficient evidence alone to justify … the CITES Secretariat, on the perception of the issue of high trade-volume, came to the following conclusions: The concept of high trade-volume may be approached in two ways: high volume …
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Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates

… by Resolution Conf. 4.7) were based on the premise that a high volume of trade was sufficient evidence alone to justify … the CITES Secretariat, on the perception of the issue of high trade-volume, came to the following conclusions: The concept of high trade-volume may be approached In two ways: high volume …
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CITES and CBNRM. Proceedings of an international symposium on “The relevance of CBNRM to the conservation and sustainable use of CITES-listed species in exporting countries”

… on terrestrial species were selected on the basis of high CITES relevance and to reflect the spectrum of CBNRM … of convention implementation also cuts across other high priority issues such as climate change, land … or supra-national territory, for example, on the high seas. These resources are managed as ‘global commons’ under …
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