Illegal Trade

Disruption and Disarray: An analysis of pangolin scale and ivory trafficking, 2015-2024

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 …

Illegal sand mining still rampant along creek, say activists

Navi Mumbai: City-based environmentalists have alleged that rampant illegal sand mining is being carried out between Belapur and Kharghar near the creek during night time. The environmentalists have also intimated the Raigad district authorities about the same. “Just a day earlier, the Panvel City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had raided an …

Cameroon: Govt Investigates Illegal Ivory, Pangolin Scales Bound for China

Law enforcement officials in Cameroon say investigations continue following a large discovery of illegal wildlife products hidden in shipping containers bound for China. At least 1,000 kilograms of pangolin scales and several hundred elephant tusks were found April 6, in containers of cocoa that were to be transported to China …

Uganda wildlife trafficking assessment

A new TRAFFIC report identifies Uganda as one of the common transit points for the trafficking of wildlife and wildlife products in the Central and East Africa region. Criminal organizations in Uganda are mainly associated with the smuggling of ivory, but in recent years have also been heavily linked to …

SAIL, Jharkhand govt had opposed Centre's Saranda forest mining plan

The Steel Authority of India (SAIL), the Jharkhand government and the Ministry of Steel had all opposed the Centre's draft plan on mining in the Saranda forest that proposed 'go, no-go zones and biodiversity hotspots', documents reviewed by DNA showed. After accepting the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education's …

Illegal mining in 2 dists: NGT team for action against state

Hazaribag: A four-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recommended stringent action against the state government and the district administrations of Hazaribag and Koderma for turning a blind eye to illegal mining which has polluted the environment and destroyed the ecology of the adjoining villages in the last …

Major crackdown on illegal mining in western circle

In what could be viewed as a major and persistent crackdown on illegal mining activities, the forest department seized a total of more than 800 vehicles and recovered Rs 3.46 crore compounding amount in illegal mining cases during the financial year 2017-18. The action was undertaken in the western circle …

Rise in illegal mining cases, CAG pulls up Gujarat govt

Quoting the figures of Commissioner of Geology & Mining, the CAG states that the number of cases of illegal mining detected in Gujarat has increased every year, from 3,760 in 2011-12 to 7,622 in 2015-16. Pointing to the rise in the number of illegal mining cases in the state, the …

Illegal sand mining: Close shave for cop in Dholpur

Alwar: A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in Dholpur district had a close shave when suspects involved in illegal sand mining fired at his patrolling vehicle and pelted stones at him on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. DSP Satish Yadav, currently posted as circle officer (CO) City, was …

Indonesian graftbusters put a price tag on environmental crime

Indonesia’s anti-graft agency has vowed to include environmental damages in its calculations of state losses incurred through corruption, in a move that could translate to heavier sentences and fines for crimes in the natural resources sector. The announcement by the KPK, as the agency is known, comes in connection to …

Revenue loss due to illegal mining of sand, SC ban pegged at Rs 150 crore

JAIPUR: Other than creating a major environmental problem for the government, the illegal and indiscriminate sand mining in Banas River is causing a huge loss of revenue for the state exchequer. Despite the ban imposed by the Supreme Court, the mining mafia has deployed scores of tractors and trucks to …

Illegal miners threaten Zhombe Dam

Speaking at a water management awareness campaign at Zhombe Rio Tinto Agriculture College last Thursday, Dzvova urged the community members to safeguard the dam. “Here, at Ngondoma Dam, use of mercury and cyanide affects our livestock, our children at school and crops at Ngondoma irrigation scheme,” he said. “Gold panning, …

EU fund KAZA to combat illegal wildlife trade

Ambassador of the European Union to Botswana and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Alexander Baum, announced a funding project estimated at €1.5 million (approximately N$21.8 million) to address the deteriorating wildlife crime situation in the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). This huge project is also expected to benefit …

Zimbabwe's Former First Lady Grace Mugabe Investigated for Ivory Smuggling

The former first lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, is suspected by wildlife officials of having smuggled ivory worth millions of dollars. The wife of ex-President Robert Mugabe was once tipped to lead the country. Grace Mugabe, the wife of former Zimbabwean ruler Robert Mugabe, faced accusations on Sunday that she …

Nigeria Customs intercepts elephant tusks, pangolin worth N1.2 billion – Minister

The Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, says the Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted elephant tusks and pangolin, worth about N1.2 billion, between February 15 and March 22. The minister, represented by Shehu Ahmed, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a one-day workshop on how to …

Assessing progress in forest law enforcement and governance in Africa

This report by the African Natural Resources Centre examines the progress made by African countries to enforce forest law and governance, under the Forest Law Enforcement and Governance programme. The report, which was based on an extensive qualitative research, examines national strategies and looks at how African countries are carrying …

State forms panel to probe illegal conversion of forests

Forest Minister says local trustees usurped land with Mantralaya’s support The State government has announced the formation of a 10-member panel to launch an investigation into the illegal conversion of forest land by the previous regime. In the Upper House on Monday, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said that the committee …

Illegal sand mining rampant at Tonk in ‘connivance with officials and cops’

JAIPUR: Despite the Supreme Court ban, extensive illegal mining continues in Tonk district, allegedly with the connivance of mining and police departments. Since the administration has turned a blind eye towards illegal mining, the mafia is ferrying sand in hundreds of trucks every day from the Banas river near Deoli-Aancher, …

World-leading tech companies team up to fight online wildlife trafficking

The world’s leading e-commerce, technology and social media companies are joining forces in a global effort to stop wildlife traffickers from trading endangered species, a wildlife protection organization said Thursday. The first-ever Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online said it is bringing together companies worldwide in partnership with wildlife …

Illegal logging in Sao Hill Forest wiped out

The TFS’s Director for Planning and Resource Utilisation, Mr Mohammed Kilongo, has said the Forest Agency, effectively last year, has scrapped-off the malpractice of issuing timber harvest permits to persons and to the so called "special groups’’ but are not running sawmills. The Agency has said "special needs’’ is not …

South Sudan bans wildlife hunting and trade in game trophies

South Sudan on Tuesday banned all forms of wildlife hunting, including commercial trade in wildlife trophies, the country’s conservation agency said Tuesday. The ministry of wildlife conservation and tourism banned wildlife products such as skin, meat, fur, bird feathers, among others. According to the directive, any person caught dealing with …

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