Kenya hosts timber trade forum
Nairobi, Kenya, 27th June 2016—Cabinet Secretary Professor Judy Wakhungu today opened the 4th Annual East Africa Timber Trade Stakeholders’ Forum, which focuses on Moving from words to actions:...
View ArticleExperts agree to enhanced international DNA testing of rhinos at South...
Pretoria, South Africa, 28th June 2016—The international expansion of rhino horn DNA testing was announced at the RhODIS®; Rhino DNA Scientific workshop in South Africa at Kruger National Park and the...
View ArticleForensics expertise brought to bear on international wildlife trade
Pretoria, South Africa 4th July 2016—Scientists from Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Indonesia, South Korea, Australia and the United Kingdom as well as the United States Fish and Wildlife Service...
View ArticleCountries agree measures for implementation of Zanzibar Declaration on timber...
Nairobi, Kenya, 4th July 2016—East African member states will establish a Secretariat to oversee the effective implementation of the Zanzibar Declaration and Bi-Lateral Timber Trade Agreements, with...
View ArticleMeeting explores role of indigenous peoples and local communities in...
Limbe, Cameroon, July 2016—The often neglected role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities—the people often most heavily impacted by wildlife poaching and associated crime—was the focus of a...
View ArticleU.S. Mission Uganda Hosts Wildlife Trafficking Stakeholder Workshop
Kampala, Uganda, August 2016—On 8–9th August 2016, U.S. Mission Uganda partnered with TRAFFIC and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to convene the first Uganda Wildlife Trafficking Stakeholder...
View ArticleArcadia provides $3m to TRAFFIC to help protect Africa’s threatened wildlife
Johannesburg, South Africa, 1st October 2016—TRAFFIC, the leading non-governmental organization working globally on trade in wild animals, announced today that it has received a new $3m grant from...
View ArticleMadagascar joins International Tropical Timber Organization
Yokohama, Japan, 9th November 2016—The International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) fifty-second Council session began this week in Yokohama, during which Madagascar was welcomed as the 73rd...
View ArticleEU-Africa collaboration essential for effective implementation of...
Brussels, Belgium, 10th February 2017—TRAFFIC is urging the European Union (EU) and its Member States to maximise opportunities to support efforts by African countries to tackle poaching and illegal...
View ArticleNew study finds timber harvesting in Madagascar out of control
en Français Antananarivo, Madagascar, 14th February 2017—a combination of political instability, government mismanagement, a lack of forest operation controls and a failure to impose punitive penalties...
View ArticleSouth Africa annual rhino poaching toll falls for second year running but the...
Johannesburg, South Africa, 27th February 2017—South Africa today announced the official number of rhinos illegally killed in the country during 2016: 1,054. While this figure represents a slight drop...
View ArticleAFRICA-TWIX: enhancing collaboration in the fight against illegal wildlife...
Douala, Cameroon, March 2017—one year after its launch, a meeting to evaluate the effectiveness of AFRICA-TWIX finds there has been significant progress towards fostering collaboration among law...
View ArticleScene-of-crime evidence gathering: TRAFFIC helps deliver training in Tanzania...
Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, 2017—Inadequate investigative capacity for wildlife crimes has proved to be a major drawback in the fight against poaching and illegal wildlife trade.
View ArticleEastern African nations launch Steering Committee for Zanzibar Declaration on...
Nairobi, Kenya, 11th April 2017—representatives from across Eastern Africa meet this week to discuss implementation of the Zanzibar Declaration on Illegal Trade in Timber and other Forest Products and...
View ArticleNew study highlights timber trade challenges in eastern and southern Africa
Nairobi, Kenya, 13th April 2017—A new TRAFFIC and WWF report launched today highlights the challenges facing timber trading nations in eastern and southern Africa, in particular the need for improving...
View ArticleZambia announces indefinite ban on “In Transit” timber
Zambia, 20th April 2017—In an encouraging move for East African forestry management and timber trade, the Zambian government has announced a ban on all “In Transit” timber within the country. The...
View ArticleAfrican workshops promote wildlife conservation to local Chinese nationals
Libreville, Gabon and Douala, Cameroon, April 2017—workshops aimed at raising wildlife conservation awareness amongst Chinese nationals working in Africa were held this week as part of a co-operative...
View ArticleUse of AFRICA-TWIX promoted in Republic of Congo and DRC
Kintélé, Republic of Congo, April 2017–more than 50 representatives from local wildlife law enforcement agencies and international conservation NGOs attended a workshop promoting the use of the Africa...
View ArticleWildlife trade on the Asian-African Legal Consultative (AALCO) agenda
Nairobi, Kenya, May 2017—Wildlife trade was on the agenda during the 56th Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) held last week in Nairobi.
View ArticleTimber exploitation: The China-Africa Dialogue for closer collaboration on...
Douala, Cameroon, May 2017—A meeting between forestry representatives from Cameroun, Congo and China took place last month, aimed at strengthening legality within the forestry sector and in particular...
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