In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
This report presents an assessment of the trade in gibbons and orang-utans in Sumatra, Indonesia, including the islands off Sumatra’s west coast (most notably, the Mentawai Islands). Until recently Sumatra and its off-lying islands harboured one of the largest expanses of lowland evergreen rainforest in Southeast Asia. Most of the …
In India, about 1,220 species of birds have been recorded (number depends on the classification we use) out of which 149 or c. 10% are threatened, which is not a very comfortable situation. Besides including most of the species in the Wildlife Protection Act (including 100 species in Schedule I: …
The online auction site eBay has promised to ban ivory sales after investigators found thousands of items made from elephant tusks on sale. However, the new policy goes into effect in January, 2009 and eBay will continue to allow antiques that contain only small amounts of ivory on the site, …
Kuala Lumpur, Merchants who illegally hawk endangered wildlife have begun using blogs to promote their business to tech-savvy customers in Malaysia, an official said on Friday. Authorities have arrested at least six people who used blogs to unlawfully sell snakes, birds and other protected creatures in recent months, said Sivananthan …
floods Kosi breach yet to be plugged The breach in the Kosi embankment that caused the devastating flood in Bihar may not be plugged before March 2009. The deadline for completion of the work was in November, but the state government extended it by four months. Though the government did …
The authors refer to the correspondence on the use of tiger farms for conservation by Xavier. There seems to be an over-simplification of several points raised about the management of tiger farms and other issues related to tiger conservation. In the following discussion, the terms
Hyderabad, Oct. 31: The sea and airports in the country are clandestinely being used for smuggling out flora and fauna, suspect the forest officials. Sources in the wildlife wing of the state forest department said that due to lack of specific agency at the sea and airports to deal with …
KOLKATA: The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is likely to refer to Interpol the case of Czech entomologist Emil Kucera illegally fleeing India, jumping bail granted by a Darjeeling court. Mr. Kucera, who was awarded three-year imprisonment for smuggling out rare insects from the Singalila National Park in June, fled to …
The Great Indian Bustard (GIB; Ardeotis nigriceps) is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is listed as a critically endangered species. The species is a summer visitor and breeder in Pakistan. Due to ineffective law enforcement and human persecution for its alleged aphrodisiac value, the species is close to extinction …
By YOJNA GUSAI Oct. 18: Indian elephants are under threat once again. This time these endangered species are in trouble following a contentious decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). Cites has given permission to Japan and China to auction nearly 108 tonnes of stockpiled ivory …
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has an active pet trade market which, owing to the extreme weather conditions experienced in the country, is mainly limited to species that can be kept indoors, such as birds, reptiles and freshwater and marine aquarium species. In order to assess the status of the …
The hugely popular Indonesian pastime of keeping wild birds as pets is threatening the long-term survival of many songbird species on the islands of Java and Bali (BirdLife International, 2001; Jepson and Ladle, 2006). In response to this threat, the authors have been working with leaders of the songbird-keeping fraternity …
This may be the first case in the country linked with Internet wildlife trade. Officials said members of the gang used the Orkut networking site for meeting new customers as well as to close deals with existing clients in the Middle East and Europe.
This study poses questions concerning the relative effectiveness of different conservation approaches, and is believed to be the first effort to address such questions focusing on wildlife trade drivers and interventions across multiple countries and products in south-east Asia. This research highlighted the diversity of the trade and pointed to …
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI European Union and India will not just be deliberating on free trade and world food situation at the EU-India Summit next week at Marseille. Issue of India
JORHAT, Sept 25: The illegal selling of Whistling Teals in the open market and arrest of the seller in this connection yesterday has raised concern once again on the safety and protection of wild birds, especially at a time when hordes of migratory birds are scheduled to descend in the …
This report looks at the importance of effective management of trade in wild species in order to maximize its potential to deliver on the MDGs. It also presents the findings of three case studies: the wild meat trade in East and Southern Africa; the skin and wool trade in Latin …
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI Even stringent laws and a recently constituted bureau dedicated to check wildlife crimes, it seems, cannot deter country's wildlife smugglers from trading in endangered wildlife. In a first of its kind case for Indian authorities, two men have been arrested who had hit upon a …
Lack of information, coordination and expertise make wildlife crime difficult to curb In the first week of July, a major player in wildlife trade was subjected to narco analysis and brain mapping at the Central Forensic Laboratory in Bangalore. Shabbir Hussain Qureshi was arrested in 2007 in Lucknow and was …
