Government representatives from across Africa meet their counterparts in China this week in what TRAFFIC regards as a critical opportunity to make sure the rising trade in wildlife products between Africa and China is both legal and sustainable. China is Africa’s largest trading partner, with overall trade values estimated to be more than a trillion […]
Tens of thousands of wild birds exported from the Solomon Islands have been laundered into the global wildlife trade by declaring them as captive-bred, a new TRAFFIC study has found. Between 2000 and 2010, more than 54,000 birds, mainly parrots and cockatoos, were imported from the Solomon Islands and declared as captive bred. Yet local […]
The porous Indo-Nepal border is exploited by illegal wildlife traders to smuggle their contraband including Tiger, Leopard and otter parts, rhino horn, Red Sanders, ivory, bear bile, live birds and even live elephants into Nepalfrom where they are onward distributed. The workshop was part of a collaboration between the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and TRAFFIC […]
A few weeks from now, the world will witness as athletes from around the globe compete for Olympic and Paralympic gold, silver, and bronze medals. If you are one of the millions of people who will travel to the United Kingdom (UK) to watch the Games firsthand, make sure you remember your good travel sense. […]
Dozens of lorises were found in a traveller’s suitcase at Suvarnabhumi International Airport just recently. Authorities at Thailand’s largest and busiest airport found the lorises stuffed in cloth bags inside the suitcase of a Kuwait bound traveller, who was also carrying 11 pythons and one marmoset in her luggage. Officers at the luggage-scanning counter of […]
A recent TRAFFIC survey found more than 2,100 ivory pieces on sale in two luxury hotels in Vientiane. Lao PDR is playing a more prominent role in the international ivory trade than was previously thought, says a new report launched by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. The report points to the significantly higher volume […]
The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded more than $971 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats within every state, eight U.S. territories, and four of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Administered by the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response […]
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Pukka Herbs has launched a new blend of organic peppermint and FairWild-certified licorice tea. The licorice originates from Kazakhstan, and was especially selected because it meets the FairWild Standard for sustainability and fair trade. The FairWild Standard was developed by TRAFFIC, WWF and other FairWild Foundation partners to ensure those […]
The prescription drug methadone accounted for 2 percent of painkiller prescriptions in the United States in 2009, but was involved in more than 30 percent of prescription painkiller overdose deaths, according to a CDC Vital Signs report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers analyzed national data from 1999-2010, and 2009 […]
Even though smoking is the leading preventable cause of lung cancer, tobacco products in the United States were not regulated to reduce their impact on public health prior to the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. A crucial measurement from the Tobacco Lab that tracks exposure to tobacco smoke is serum […]
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