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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
… ASSESSMENT THREATS TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FROM ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION AND TRADE IN WILDLIFE AND FOREST … Crime Crisis – Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest … national organized environmental crime may include illegal logging, poaching and trafficking of a wide range of animals, …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.1 Illegal logging and harvesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 3.2 Illegal hunting (poaching) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… of elephants and rhinos has raised awareness of the illegal trade in wildlife. We are facing mass extinctions and … wildlife species. However, the scope and spectrum of this illegal trade has widened. Crimi- nals now include in their … • Forestry crimes including corporate crimes and illegal logging account for an estimated 51–152 billion USD; • …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… hardwood marketed as “rosewood” MIKE Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants programme Oud See “agarwood” … on eight case studies, involving some of the larg- est illegal flows, with an eye to the commonalities and … wider range of national and local agencies. The topics of logging and fishing in par- ticular are often regulated by …
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?
… jurisdiction, which frankly is most of the world, this illegal conduct can lead concurrently to violations of two … specific reference to connections between corruption and illegal exploitation of fisheries in West Africa: Fisheries … Russian officials in return for fishing rights.5 Illegal logging raises similar concerns about corruption. In 2010, …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… of the Parties 16, CITES Bangkok 2013 CWIT Combating WEEE Illegal Trade DPKO Department for Peacekeeping Operations DRC … IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature IUU Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing LATF Lusaka … activities associated with and resulting from illegal logging, illegal fishing and illegal mining deplete the …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… at risk. It is a serious issue that affects us all. The illegal wildlife trade is perhaps the last form of global … for positive engagement can function as deterrents to illegal and unsustainable activities. Multi-sectoral policy … cent of the reported value of catches;3 and global illegal logging, including processing, is estimated to be worth …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 1 Mammals
… were exported. Brazil The export of all wildlife has been illegal since 1967. Colombia Capture and export of primates … (the Amazonian lowlands east of the Andes) have been illegal since 1973 except for scientific purposes. Since 1976 … THREATS TO SURVIVAL Cameroon In the early 1970s intensive logging was destroying Colobus habitat. The species was …
Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II
… modifications, etc.) take many forms, are often not per se illegal, and may be subject to authorization under some … breeding and sale of fighting animals. A high volume of illegal commerce in fighting animals occurs brazenly on the … billions of dollars. The World Bank estimated that illegal logging alone generates approximately $10–15 billion annually …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… cross-border collaboration in the fight against illegal wildlife trade in the region. For more information, … to protect wildlife and ecosystems and putting into stop illegal wildlife trade in the Asian region. It is the prime … 2. Planting trees and NTFPs; 3. Felling planted trees; 4. Logging and harvesting of forest products; 5. Processing of …