Crime in India 2022
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released its annual report on crime in India for the year 2022. The report is a compilation of data on reported crime from across the country, and provides the
Environment Crime
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Korean palm oil firm accused of illegal forest burning in Indonesia
Some of the world’s biggest buyers have stopped trading with Korindo after the emergence of footage claiming to show illegal burning in Papua province A Korean palm oil company has been dropped by buyers
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Crime in India 2015: statistics
Environment related crimes in the country came down by over 11% last year compared to 2014 but there was no decline in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Assam where the number of such
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Indonesian police arrest hundreds in connection to burning land
Singapore’s National Environment Agency said on Friday it expected air quality to remain poor into the weekend as Indonesian disaster management officials cautioned that wildfires in Sumatra and Kalimantan
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END LOOP: Coding to end wildlife trafficking
The first ever Zoohackathon will convene this October 7-9 across six zoos in the US, Europe, Asia and Pacific. Organized by the US Department of State, Association of Zoos and Aquariums and World Wildlife
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Woolly Mammoth Ivory Is Legal, and That’s a Problem for Elephants
For 20,000 years the remains of millions of woolly mammoths remained locked in permafrost in Siberia and elsewhere—until recently. Warming temperatures have melted this icy layer, bringing their valuable
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Threat to environmental defenders and indigenous communities in Latin America increasing
Absence of transparency and a lack concern for the environment are major issues. for EHRDs. Proposed new laws to restrict protest and civil society activity are a worrying trend. increase vulnerability.
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Rwanda: Five Arrested in Crackdown On Illegal Mining
Nigeria: Illegal Diversion of Explosives - FG Exonerates, Recalls Mines Officers Five suspected illegal miners, including two women, have been arrested in Rutsiro District following an operation conducted
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Two businessmen arrested for ivory trafficking
In an operation led by the Lusaka Agreement Task Force (LATF) between July 28 and August 2, wildlife enforcement teams arrested two businessmen in the Republic of the Congo believed to be involved in trafficking
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Why helping civil society investigate illegal timber is about much more than protecting forests and forest peoples
Sam Lawson is the founder of Earthsight, a London-based nonprofit whose mission is to promote the use of in-depth investigations to expose environmental and social crime, injustice and the links to global
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Kenyan court jails ivory smuggler for 20 years
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in jail and fined him 20 million shillings ($200,000) for ivory smuggling. Police accused Feisal Mohamed Ali, from the