ShellShock explores the state of South Africa’s endemic Abalone Haliotis midae. Decades of poaching and trafficking have driven wild populations towards collapse, fuelling organised crime and ...

In assessing the trafficking and illegal wildlife trade from the turn of the century, Southeast Asia: At the heart of wildlife trade shows just how persistent the problem has been. Authors also noted ...

People are dying, daily life is being fragmented, businesses are failing, families and communities are suffering and there is enormous uncertainty about when things will begin to improve, never mind ...

Overall, whole tigers, dead and live, as well as a variety of tiger parts equal to a conservative estimate of 3,377 tigers were confiscated between January 2000 and June 2022 across 50 countries and ...

For some time now, Malaysians have watched in alarm as bag after bag of smuggled wildlife evaded detection at two of the country’s busiest airports, only to be discovered at destination airports, ...

We work on wildlife trade because illegal and unsustainable trade is one of the most direct threats to species, ecosystems, global security, and the services nature provides. Our mission is to make ...

TRAFFIC’s “HIGH FLYING: Insight into wildlife trafficking through India's airports” analysis found the trafficking of over 70,000 native and exotic wild animals, including their body parts or ...

Tanzania is home to wild herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, and impala that have been hunted for meat by generations of indigenous communities. In 2019, Tanzania’s late President called on the ...

These are just some of the shocking revelations contained in a new report, Empty Shells: An assessment of abalone poaching and trade from southern Africa, published today by TRAFFIC, the international ...

Seizures in the last two years also included the largest of Philippine Pangolin parts the country has ever seen—some 1,154.31 kg of pangolin scales seized in Palawan, in September 2019. The higher ...

70% of the burgeoning online trade in Cheetahs is happening on social media. Research by TRAFFIC shows a growing online trend in illegal trade, further pressuring an already at-risk iconic big cat.

The findings are especially timely given recent trialling of a potential 'Whitelist' system by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration (NFGA). This policy would be applicable to African ...