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Interpol’s Ecomessage Award comes with a prize sponsored by IFAW
(International Fund for Animal Welfare - www.ifaw.org) valued at
US$30,000. “By recognizing Cameroon and Hong Kong, Province of
China as the 2007 award rec Read more »
Since 1994, Japan and Norway have regularly submitted proposals to CITES seeking
to weaken protection for the great whales. This year, Japan proposed a
full review of the population status of all 13 great whale species by CITES,
while Icelan Read more »
“Southern African countries’ ability to comply with CITES is not what they make
it out to be,” says Jason Bell-Leask, IFAW’s Southern Africa Regional Director
and advocate for good conservation management practices and non-c Read more »
In its survey carried out in February 2007, IFAW found that 94% of elephant
ivory for sale on eBay sites was potentially illegal. The report also found that
eBay policies varied from country to country and were often vague and not
enforced. Read more »
Mjumbe was made in Kenya from confiscated wire snares, and designed by famed
Kenyan metal sculptor, Kioko. IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare – www.ifaw.org) commissioned the sculpture as part
of its global elephant protection campai Read more »
WEMS works by collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating on a global
scale the information it collects on wildlife crime. In contrast to the
Interpol system, which acts as a central database for official information
submitted by nati Read more »
