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Global experts convened a roundtable at a Vatican department on Thursday, where they issued an urgent appeal to G20 leaders to “reduce the risk of new pandemics by addressing their root causes”.

Will Travers, Executive President of The Born Free Foundation, on the urgent need for a global response to end wildlife crime.

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has released major new guidelines outlining how the global travel and tourism sector can work together to tackle illegal wildlife trade (IWT).

We need to adopt a One Health approach to regulating wildlife trade that considers the biological impacts on human and animal health, says Scanlon. However, CITES member states remain wary of expanding the treaty’s mandate ...

Wildlife crime poses risks to human health, the environment, security, and the global economy—sometimes simultaneously. Disease emergence is closely tied to human activities in areas rich in biodiversity.

Hong Kong a adopté mercredi un amendement qui fait du trafic d’animaux sauvages un crime organisé, une annonce saluée par les défenseurs de l’environnement qui espèrent ainsi lutter plus efficacement contre ce ...

18 August 2021, Hong Kong’s Legislative Council passed the Organised and Serious Crimes Bill 2021 to incorporate certain offences involving wildlife trafficking and illegal trade into the Organized and Serious Crimes ...

While wildlife trafficking receives more media attention, experts are urging global leaders to clamp down on legal wildlife trade and the significant disease threats it poses.

Hong Kong passed a new law on Wednesday, August 18th 2021, that classifies wildlife trafficking as an organised crime issue, a move welcomed by conservationists because it will give law enforcement wider powers to combat the ...

Hong Kong will include illegal wildlife trafficking in its Organized and Serious Crime Ordinance, following a Legislative Council vote on August 18th 2021.