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TRAFFIC/WWF ASEAN Wildlife Trade Initiative
In advance of CITES CoP13 in October 2004, a joint TRAFFIC/WWF
ASEAN Initiative aims to increase regional cooperation in addressing
wildlife trade issues of importance to the 10 Member Nations of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). TRAFFIC and WWF are
collaborating with the ASEAN Secretariat to build a framework for
regional cooperation to improve CITES implementation beyond CITES
CoP13.
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13th Issue of "CITES World" Now
Available
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July - This edition of the CITES
biannual newsletter focuses on how meetings of the Conference
of the Parties are arranged and conducted, and on understanding the
essentials of the Rules of Procedure. The previous edition (12th Issue)
focuses on current, new, or upcoming implementation tools that all
have a common purpose: to make CITES work in the real world. |
EIA reports on Illegal Ivory Sales in Hong
Kong
5 June - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), an international
campaigning organization committed to investigating and exposing environmental
crime, reported that in Kowloon, Hong Kong, a shop was fined over
$3670 for possessing 1.9 lbs. of ivory products without a required
license - a heavy sentence for an illegal ivory case.
Full article: EIA
News |
 U.S.
Investigation Fuels Wildlife Trafficking Arrests in Brazil
20 May - A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigation of
wildlife smuggling that sent a Florida businessman to prison for 40
months has helped Federal authorities in Brazil break up a criminal
network illegally trafficking in tribal handicrafts made from protected
species.
Full article: US
Fish and Wildlife Service |
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Regional Networking Must be in Place to
Curb Illegal Wildlife Trade
28 April - Experts and participants at the ‘South
Asia CITES and Wildlife Trade Diagnostic Workshop’ today stressed
on the need for information sharing and cooperation between the
countries in the region, and effective implementation of wildlife
related national laws, among others, for curbing the increasing
illegal wildlife trade.
Full article: The Kathmandu Post, April 29,
2004 / EnvironmentNEPAL
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