#wildlife trade News
Enhancing transparency in fisheries governance can curb illegal practices, protect fish stocks and support coastal communities, argues Maisie Pigeon of the Coalition for Fisheries Transparency.
Meadows reduced to blackened stubs have pushed authorities and researchers into crisis mode.
A new study finds that primate skulls, including those from threatened species such as orangutans, gibbons and proboscis monkeys, are openly sold in Bali shops, despite the trade being illegal.
Bangladesh’s forest department has recently included modern technologies and tools to strengthen its crime combat arsenal, after having lagged behind its surrounding countries for over a decade.
#wildlife trade Opinion
Policy & Finance
Shake it up, don’t shoot it down: the case for reforming US aid
Targeted and cost-effective foreign aid reforms can amplify America’s global influence and safeguard national interests, says non-profit chief.
Carbon & Climate
Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?
We feel ecological grief when we lose places, species or ecosystems we value and love. These losses are a growing threat to mental health and wellbeing globally.
Carbon & Climate
‘Ghost roads’ are cracking open pristine rainforests in Malaysia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
A new study finds that illegal roads have enabled illicit logging, mining, poaching and land grabbing in some of the world's most biodiversity-rich ecosystems.
Carbon & Climate
Myanmar’s military coup is a blow to democracy, and the nation’s stunning biodiversity
The coup threatens to irreparably damage the Southeast Asian country's environment, and harm the people who rely on it.
Policy & Finance
It's not all bats' fault
Policy & Finance
Endangered wildlife should pay for its own protection
#wildlife trade Videos
Food & Agriculture
Pandemics and the exploitation of wildlife — what’s the connection?
The origin of Covid-19 is believed to be a market selling live wild animals. Eco-Business asked Anbarasi Boopal of Singapore-based animal welfare charity Acres about the link between the exploitation of animals and pandemics, and what can be done to curb the illegal wildlife trade.
#wildlife trade Podcasts
Policy & Finance
How can the Philippines make a green recovery in the Covid era?
Exclusive
As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.
#wildlife trade Press Releases
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
Review of conservation progress for pangolins, more at CITES 78th meeting
