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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
… wildlife trade and envi- ronmental crime involve a wide range of flora and fauna across all continents, estimated to … and environmental sustainability. As reflected in a range of decisions of the Convention on International Trade … to the environment, to revenues from natural resources, to state security, and to sustainable develop- ment. Combined …
World Wildlife Crime Report - Trafficking in protected species
… on by a thread, their dwindling numbers spread across a range of states that are struggling to protect them. African … shore up our collective responses and close these gaps. Range countries must be supported to strengthen capacity to … PIKE Proportion of Illegally Killed Elephants Range state A country in the natural range of a species Raptor Bird …
Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn: an Assessment Report to Improve Law Enforcement Under the Wildlife TRAPS Project
… 1� Rhino Numbers in Range States … conducted in late 2013. Throughout elephant and rhino range, the growing risk to these emblematic flagship species … CITES decision making and interventions addressing the range of critical contemporary rhino trade issues under the …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… The Toolkit can be used effectively to address (a) a wide range of wildlife and forest offences, includ- ing illegal … and Forest Crime Analytic Toolkit is intended to provide a range of options that, in various combinations, will enable … Appendix II species and must be presented to the importing State’s Customs authorities. • Appendix III includes those …
Closing Strategy - Ending Ivory Trade in Hong Kong
… Boxes and Figures 1. Background 2. Recent Developments 3. State of Licensing and Reporting of Ivory Stockpiles 3.1. … outlets have to supplement their operations by selling a range of other goods, whether it is mammoth ivory, stone and … Plan (NIAP) which outlines a series of steps to address a range of ivory trade issues through time-based actions …
Wildlife Poaching: Africa's surging trafficking threat
… also fueled corruption, weakening and co-opting critical state insti- tutions such as the police and military. In … that further jeopardizes professionalism and triggers a range of other illegal and abusive activities. While the … point or area Major domestic market African elephant range Exit point, by air Exit point, by sea Land route Main …
ASEAN Handbook on legal cooperation to combat wildlife crime
… with designated government focal points in each Member State. This exercise included the compilation of a set of … to international treaties and conventions on a wide range of topics. Some of these treaties are useful for … The chart below shows that the level of maximum penalties range from 230 times the GDP per capita to 0.4% times the GDP …
Illicit wildlife trafficking: An environmental economic and social issue
… a development issue that requires action across a diverse range of agencies and sectors, through strategic and timely … 2013, at the opening of the UN General Assembly , Heads of State and foreign ministers highlighted wildlife trafficking … French President François Hollande and African Heads of State from across the continent highlighted that poaching and …