Blog

Home Alliances Archive by category "HK Wildlife Trade Working Group" (Page 3)

This fish is ‘king of the reef.’ But high-end diners may change that

By ADMCF | HK Sustainable Seafood Coalition, HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Living Oceans, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 20 March, 2020 | 0

Weighing up to 400 pounds with distinctive markings behind its eyes, the humphead wrasse is an endangered reef fish. It’s considered a luxury food, especially in Hong Kong, and is a victim of illegal fishing.

Coronavirus spread should prompt new UN taskforce to tackle illegal wildlife trade, peers and MPs say

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 8 March, 2020 | 0

Campaigners argue that the current system is not fit for purpose and allows criminals to make billions from the theft and sale of wildlife, to the detriment of human health.

Illicit wildlife products ‘slipping through the net’

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 5 March, 2020 | 0

“We are calling for the development of an international agreement under the United Nations’ Convention on Transnational Organised Crime, in order to ensure all countries recognise the scale and serious nature of ...

International coalition urges countries to #EndWildlifeCrime

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 4 March, 2020 | 0

Multiple conservation groups, government representatives and academics have come together to put out a global call to action to end wildlife crime, as part of UN World Wildlife Day 2020.

Time to end the scourge of wildlife crime

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 4 March, 2020 | 0

Saving wildlife requires us to stop the industrial scale, organised, transnational wildlife crime that is shifting thousands of tonnes of contraband, worth billions of dollars, and leaving death, destruction and instability in ...

Illicit wildlife products ‘slipping through the net’

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 4 March, 2020 | 0

Coronavirus outbreak may spur Southeast Asian action on wildlife trafficking

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 4 March, 2020 | 0

Illegal wildlife trafficking remains a perennial problem in Southeast Asia, but with the ongoing spread of the new coronavirus, there’s added impetus for governments in the region to clamp down on the illicit trade.

Time to end the scourge of wildlife crime

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 3 March, 2020 | 0

With the corona virus being linked to illegally sourced wildlife, record seizures of pangolin scales and evidence of how wildlife crime impacts climate change, John E Scanlon argues new action is urgently needed

Is This What It Takes to End the Wildlife Trade? #Endwildlifetrade

By Sophie le Clue | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | 0 comment | 29 February, 2020 | 0

As of 29th February 2019, COVID-2019 has stricken over 85,400 people in a matter of 2-3 months, resulting in the deaths of over 2,830. These numbers should be put into perspective against annual influenza, which according to ...

Can a book make China look?

By ADMCF | HK Wildlife Trade Working Group, Wildlife Trade | Comments are Closed | 5 February, 2020 | 0

Photographers Against Wildlife Crime has raised China’s attention to its part in the illegal wildlife trade. Keith Wilson reveals how their work has been received

Blog

Popular Articles