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The rise of environmental crime - A growing threat to natural resources, peace, development and security
… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (see decisions and resolutions … still behind the scale and development of the threat to wild- life and ecosystems, as well as increasingly also … of livelihoods.15 Illegal trade ranges from bush-meat poaching based on food insecurity by impoverished …
The Enivronmental Crime Crisis - Threats to Sustainable Development from Illegal Exploitation and Trade in Wildlife and Forest Resources. A UNEP Rapid Assessment
… Council, the assessment reveals that the scale and role of wild- life and forest crime in threat finance calls for much … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the UN Office for Drugs and Crime, the … production War Weak governance Hunting methods Lack of meat farming Cultural and social changes Plans imposed by …
Global biodiversity outlook 4 - A mid-term assessment of progress towards the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020
… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Food and Agricultural Organization of … than one fifth of breeds at risk of extinction, and the wild relatives of domesticated crop species are increasingly … initiatives have implemented moratoria on soya and meat produced on recently cleared land. Public prosecutors …
Special Issue on Wildlife Trafficking II
… being turned loose on a domesticated farm pig or captured wild boar, and (2) bear-baiting, in which captive black … and goes well beyond domesticated animals, to include wild and exotic animals as well as marine mammals. The AWA … may constitute a crime under federal law. See National Meat Ass’n v. Harris, 132 S. Ct. 965, 974 (2012). The Federal …
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited
… Li, Mikhail Paltsyn and Rishi Kumar Sharma TRAFFIC, the wild life trade monitoring net work, is the leading … non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity … their most valuable parts - skin and bones - but use of meat and other fleshy body parts has been reported (Ma, 2012; …
Wildlife and Forest Crime Toolkit (Revised Edition)
… Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the International Criminal … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … A concrete example of local use is the consumption of meat from wildlife—the so-called “bushmeat” that has long …
Strategic Report: Environment, Peace and Security - a Convergence of Threats
… CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals COP 16 Conference of the Parties 16, CITES … Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (e.g. decisions and resolutions … spears), and poison.41 The activity can be driven by bush meat hunting or self-defense, but it is mainly stimulated by …
Biodiversity Risks and Opportunities in the Apparel Sector
… biological resources: is the unsustainable harvesting of wild population of animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms … of wildlife (including for industry, recreation, bush meat, and by poaching). For marine ecosystems, … pasture expansion into natural habitat). Fibres made from wild plants and animals, such as wood pulp, skins or fur, can …
Interactions between aquaculture and the environment
… Guide B: Introduced Marine Species 27 Guide C: Capture of Wild Stocks for Aquaculture Needs 33 Guide D: Feed … Guide B: Introduced Marine Species Guide C: Capture of Wild Stocks for Aquaculture Needs Guide D: Feed Ingredients … of 8.9% per year since 1970, in contrast with the 2.8% in meat terrestrial production systems. Figure 2. World …
Community - based incentives for nature conservation
… and burn agriculture or the unselective exploitation of wild species. For example, in Case Study 4, a possible cause … to natural resource enterprises, the domestication of wild species and the development of alternatives to wild … has been to legitimise the sale and consumption of game meat, leading both to a decrease in the local price of meat …