All Blog Posts for Wildlife trade

VIDEO: Geneva update on Canada’s WTO challenge to the EU seal import ban
1st March 2013 Sonja Van Tichelen
Last week I represented the International Fund for Animal Welfare at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Read more »
Poachers slaughtered at least 200 elephants for their tusks in Cameroon during a
At this CITES, let’s get down to the real business for elephants
28th February 2013 Jason Bell
At this year’s 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) to the Convention on International Trade in Read more »
From left: Iregi Mwenja, Jim Nyamu of the Elephant Neighbor’s Center, and Steve
Spotlight Kenya: braving blisters and blistering heat to save elephants
26th February 2013 Steve Njumbi
Jim Nyamu cut a lonely figure these last two weeks, as he trekked nearly 500 kms from coastal Mombasa inland to Nairobi, in Read more »
The harpoon on a Japanese whaling vessel.
Japan's aging, ornery whaling fleet again defies a global ban
20th February 2013 Patrick Ramage
As David McNeill of The Economist magazine introduced our panel in Tokyo to a packed room at the Foreign Correspondents Read more »
Canadian East Coast seal hunt - and now the Inuit seal hunt - are being depicted
WTO hearings day two: Canadian sealing comes under fire – but not from the EU
20th February 2013 Sheryl Fink
I’m in Geneva for the first round of WTO hearings on Canada and Norway’s challenge of EU regulations Read more »
Shark finning at a market in Dibba, Oman
CITES CoP 16 Bangkok: several vulnerable shark populations need urgent protection
19th February 2013 Dr. Ralf (Perry) Sonntag
The rate at which sharks are vanishing from the world’s oceans is reaching a tipping point. Many shark populations Read more »
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