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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security

… significant examples worldwide of cross-sectoral efforts working to crack down on environmental crime and successfully … of coordinated responses and international collaboration, working across ministries and jurisdictions at the national … actual exploitation, makes IUCN’s SSC Pangolin Specialist Group’s estimate of 1 million individuals taken from the wild …
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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

… rhinos; and opportunistic harvesting of wild- life. For a group like the LRA, with limited opportunities to tax … revenue, and perhaps provide one of the only means for the group to survive. In the worst cases, resources become the … corruption within the department93 as well as poor working conditions, limited training, and lack of equipment …
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Tackling, poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking in Africa

… terrorist groups. The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is working with govern- ments and other NGOs to shut down this … Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo, and has begun working with communities to create a new reserve in the Congo … traffickers to find, kill, and de-tusk elephants. AWF is working with local communities to create jobs based on …
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