By Fondation Franz Weber Namibia exports 22 wild elephants in blatant disregard of international law On the 6th March 2022, the Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (MEFT) finally admitted in an emailed statement that it has exported 22 wild-caught...
CITES Standing Committee 74, Lyon France 7-11 March 2022 The first in-person meeting since 2019 of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) opens Monday 7 March in Lyon, France. The loaded agenda for the 74th...
By Center for Biological Diversity and The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International. Elephant Trophy Trade Contributes to Extinction Risk, Raises Legal Concerns WASHINGTON— Conservation and animal welfare groups urged the U.S. Fish and...
By African Parks It is with deep regret that we share that yesterday, in the afternoon of Tuesday February 8, a team of rangers was ambushed in W National Park in Benin, while carrying out a patrol at the northern limit of the Park where it intersects with Burkina...
By Forest Peoples Programme “We have nowhere else to go. Losing this land will mean the extinction of our community.” On January 21, 2022 the Tanzanian government began demarcating 1500 sq km of disputed land in Loliondo, resuming previous contentious plans to...
By European Commission – European Union What are the international and EU rules on ivory trade? International ivory trade is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), with narrowly defined exemptions, for example for items...
By Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith, and The Rt Hon George Eustice MP - Gov.UK Government response to the consultation and call for evidence sets out one of the toughest bans in the world on the import of hunting...
Conservation and wildlife law experts call for immediate halt to capture and export of wild elephants from vulnerable desert-adapted population. (Sept. 29, 2021) - Conservationists and wildlife trade experts from non-governmental organisations across the globe are...
By CITES Secretariat 17 September 2021 - In recent weeks, members of the public and non-governmental organizations have expressed concerns about the possibility that Namibia is planning to export live African elephants. The CITES Secretariat is issuing this...
By WildAid and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund. Tokyo, Japan – A report released today by WildAid and the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) documents ivory businesses in Tokyo targeting Chinese customers, who knowingly operate with the assumption...