All Blog Posts for Wildlife trade

A cold day at CITES with little comfort for polar bears
A cold day with little comfort for polar bears
8th March 2013 Jeffrey Flocken
CNN International spoke with the author just after the vote at CITES in Bangkok, Thailand. After years of planning, months Read more »
CITES Partner Spotlight: INTERPOL’s Project WEB combats online wildlife crime
CITES Partner Spotlight: INTERPOL’s Project WEB combats online wildlife crime
7th March 2013 Tania McCrea-Steele
Today saw the launch of the first ever internationally coordinated enforcement investigation into the online ivory trade. Read more »
VIDEO - CITES Bangkok day three - secret ballot discussions postpone more pressing issues
6th March 2013 Adrian Hiel
In this video International Fund for Animal Welfare Director for International Agreements, Peter Pueschel Read more »
VIDEO: World Trade Organisation challenge begins as the commercial seal hunt ends
5th March 2013 Sheryl Fink
Warning: video contains graphic images of sealing activity. The first set of hearings on the WTO challenge concerning the Read more »
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Use our “Unveiling the Ivory Trade” iPad app to help sound the alarm for elephants
4th March 2013 Jason Bell
In 2011 an estimated 25,000 to 50,000 elephants were killed to supply the increasing demand for elephant ivory around the Read more »
VIDEO - CITES Bangkok day one - politics, politicians, ivory and democracy
4th March 2013 Adrian Hiel
The International Fund for Animal Welfare's Peter Pueschel gives us an update from the floor of CITES CoP 16. Read more »