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Question raised in Lok Sabha on illegal trade of animal parts, 24/02/2015

Question raised in Lok Sabha on illegal trade of animal parts, 24/02/2015.

Publication Date:

24/02/2015

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Wildlife Trade, Wildlife, Illegal Trade, India, Parliament

Wildlife

1,200 smart guards to protect Kaziranga rhinos

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said a Rhino Protection Force with more than 1,200 personnel would be raised to protect one-horned rhinoceros against poachers.

Publication Date:

04/02/2015

Author(s): Bijay Sankar Bora

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Assam, Kaziranga SA, Rhinoceros, Poaching, Wildlife Trade, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Wildlife

Wildlife

Conservation, crime and communities: case studies of efforts to engage local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade

Wildlife crime is at the top of the international conservation agenda. Current strategies for addressing it focus on law enforcement, reducing consumer demand and engaging local communities in conservation. To date considerably more attention has been paid to the first two strategies than to the third.

Publication Date:

01/02/2015

Author(s): Dilys Roe

Source: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Tags:

Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Elephant, Rhinoceros, Africa, Wildlife Management

Wildlife

Trade in tigers and other wild cats in Mong La and Tachilek, Myanmar – A tale of two border towns

Trade in large cats (Panthera and Neofelis species), and indeed other wild cats, is a clear impediment to their conservation. Myanmar is an important country for cat conservation, both because of the presence of significant populations of threatened species but equally as it is positioned strategically between China, Thailand and India. Here we analyse data from large cat skins and other cat parts observed openly for sale at two border towns in Myanmar.

Publication Date:

01/02/2015

Author(s): Vincent Nijman, Chris R. Shepherd

Source: Biological Conservation

Vol:

182

pp:

1-7

Tags:

Illegal Trade, Wildlife Trade, Tiger, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Statistics, Leopard, Endangered Species

Wildlife

With anti-poaching squad defunct, wildlife trade flourishes

With the anti-poaching squad attached to Nagpur Territorial Circle going completely defunct, there is a spurt in illegal trade of wild animals and birds listed in various Schedules of Wildlife Prot

Publication Date:

31/12/2014

Author(s): Vijay Pinjarkar

Source: Times of India (Nagpur)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Wildlife, Poaching, Wildlife Act 1972, Leopard, Wildlife Trade, Peacock, Mining

Wildlife

Two hundred and fifty third report on the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013

Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests present this Two Hundred and Fifty Third Report on "The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013".

Publication Date:

11/12/2014

Source: Rajya Sabha Secretariat

Tags:

Wildlife, Wildlife Act 1972, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Trade, India, Parliament

Wildlife

Shocking report on trade in wild animals

GUWAHATI, Nov 30 – Wildlife Trust of India’s international partner International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has brought out a shocking report on the booming murky multi-million-dollar trade in

Publication Date:

01/12/2014

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Wildlife Trade, Elephant, Poaching, South Africa

Wildlife

Wanted - dead or alive: exposing online wildlife trade

Wanted – Dead or Alive, Exposing Online Wildlife Trade reveals that, in early 2014, an intense six-week investigation found a total of 33,006 endangered wildlife and wildlife parts and products for sale via 280 online market places across 16 countries.

Publication Date:

25/11/2014

Source: International Fund for Animal Welfare

Tags:

Wildlife Trade, Wildlife, Poaching, Global, CITES, Illegal Trade, Elephant, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals

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