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Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… critical state insti- tutions such as the police and military. In South Africa, evidence has linked former members of elite police and military units to rhino horn trafficking.4 In the DRC, … leaders who often orchestrate the most extensive illegal activity but tend to be removed from on-the-ground poaching …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 3 Birds
… it has only been bred on three occasions (Low, 1988) . 103 MILITARY MACAW Ara miJitaris (Linn4, 1766) Order … Bolivia, and one trapper claimed to have caught about SO Military Macaws (Nores and Yzurieta, 1983). INTERNATIONAL … species, including C. patagonus, were captured. This activity is carried on to a lesser extent in the provinces of …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… of illegal harvest and trade are consid- ered where this activity is relevant to the markets examined. Consequently, … a surrogate state in many respects, taxing all economic activity, includ- ing the extraction and trade of natural … groups. Any pattern of profit-motivated, serious criminal activity is consid- ered organized crime, and nearly all …
Significant Trade in Wildlife: A Review of selected species in CITES Appendix II - Volume 2 Reptiles and Invertibrates
… shelter during cold and dry periods. Each tortoise has an activity range of about 30 m from the pallet being used. … year is spent in shelter (although there may be sporadic activity in summer and autumn). Mature males both enter … was carried out by the wildlife authorities supported by military personnel and 56 Caiman czocodllus equipment. Many …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… the recovery by that country of the proceeds of unlawful activity or investigation or prosecution of unlawful activity, shall be included in the monies which are paid into … a. “Using prohibited hunting tools or vehicles” is to use military weapons (including modified ones), toxic arrows, (to …
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences
… viral infections, by controlling the abundance and activity of these microbes, can have important ecological … the food web. Slight changes in the biomass stock or activity of any of the compartments of the marine microbial … is accumulating that reef disturbance by hurricanes, military and tourist developments, as well as coral bleaching …