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Tanzania offers unlimited amnesty for poachers http://www.eturbonews.com/51443/tanzania-offers-unlimited-amnesty-poachers

No 237 Wildlife Trade News 15th October 2014

Chinese trio denies rhino horn charges

PLEAS GIVEN … Alleged rhino horn smugglers (from left) Pu Xuexin, Li Zhibing and Li Xiaoliang, in the dock in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura yesterday, before they denied guilt on the charges on which they have spent the past six and a half months in jail.

Photograph by Werner Menge

– See more at: http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=18931&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1#sthash.7w2lLChr.dpuf

Going after the big-time wildlife smugglers (Malaysia) NA comment: Believe this claim if and when you ever see it materialise. It’s rare to see even small-time illegal traders caught in Malaysia. This headline will most probably have been made to try and impress the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committee. i.e. telling them what they want to hear – and you know how gullible they are don’t you? http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/going-after-big-time-wildlife-smugglers

‘War on ivory’ will fail (Thailand)
Please credit and share this article with others using this link: http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/437640/war-on-ivory-will-fail

China’s E-Commerce Giant, Alibaba and TRAFFIC Take Aim at Illegal Wildlife Products http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=191880#.VD4MqxawQuc

China takes the fight to ivory smugglers while elephant herds shrink http://www.ecns.cn/2014/10-15/138416.shtml

India plans huge palm oil expansion, puts forests at risk
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1004-gfrn-dasgupta-mizoram-palmoil.html#xYO82FSRej766Y2U.99

Rogue palm oil company appeals deforestation case to Indonesia’s supreme court
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1014-lbell-kallista-alam-appeal.html#c2bZk1VAM48zi6Fz.99

Harvesting of rosewood persisting in the North (Ghana) extract: Mr. Bosu also expressed concern that the multi-million dollar rosewood trade was being controlled by Timber Merchants and the Chinese, a situation that had left the rural poor communities as victims of market forces. http://www.businessghana.com/portal/news/index.php?op=getNews&news_cat_id=&id=201024

Cross River gorillas to benefit from new protected area in Cameroon http://phys.org/news/2014-10-river-gorillas-benefit-area-cameroon.html

Take bushmeat off the menu before humans are served another ebolahttp://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2594108/take_bushmeat_off_the_menu_before_humans_are_served_another_ebola.html

Forest plantation the real agenda – S.M. Mohamed Idris Sarawak/Malaysia

extract: In fact, if the announcement is indeed carried out at all, it is merely a smokescreen for the ongoing conversion of “degraded” forests either into oil palm plantation or forest plantation, the latter disguised as reforestation project. – See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/forest-plantation-the-real-agenda-s.m.-mohamed-idris#sthash.8NyPchhG.dpuf

– See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/forest-plantation-the-real-agenda-s.m.-mohamed-idris#sthash.8NyPchhG.dpuf

Stopping issuance of logging licence is merely smokescreen for the push of forest plantation — SAM (Sarawak/Malaysia) – See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/what-you-think/article/stopping-issuance-of-logging-licence-is-merely-smokescreen-for-the-push-of#sthash.ILVM1Exw.dpuf

Tragedy in the making for Malaysian wildlife (CITES please note) http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/tragedy-in-the-making-for-malaysian-wildlife-s.m.-mohd-idris

WWF International accused of ‘selling its soul’ to corporations http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2588558/wwf_international_accused_of_selling_its_soul_to_corporations.html

India: Tiger Reserve tribe faces http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/10488

Smuggling to Tamil Nadu? Over 100 wild tortoises seized from women passengers (India) http://www.firstpost.com/india/smuggling-tamil-nadu-100-wild-tortoises-seized-women-passengers-1756015.html

Liberia: Timber Union Rejects $150 Million Deal http://allafrica.com/stories/201410141010.html

Tiger survival: mapping poaching and trafficking hotspots The case of ‘Putin’s tiger’ recently put poaching into the media spotlight. In India, a new modelling exercise is helping to tackle the crime by mapping areas where tigers are most at risk http://www.theguardian.com/environment/india-untamed/2014/oct/14/mapping-areas-most-vulnerable-poaching-trafficking-tigers

Tanzania: Rivers Drying Up in Pareland Due to Forest Destruction http://allafrica.com/stories/201410140752.html

A Burst of Funding for Myanmar’s Pivotal Moment in Conservation http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2014/10/14/a-burst-of-funding-for-myanmars-pivotal-moment-in-conservati.html

Illegal loggers remain hidden in Peru’s forest but timber finds global buyers http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/14/illegal-logging-peru-amazon-deforestation

Three Cambodian log traders charged over journalist murder http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/141014/three-cambodian-log-traders-charged-over-journalist-murder

Loggers and settlers destroying Eburu Forest (Kenya)
Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2000138240/loggers-and-settlers-destroying-eburu-forest

Six illegal elephants to be expelled from Phuket http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Six-illegal-elephants-be-expelled-Phuket/37176

Activists use GPS to track illegal loggers in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/15/activists-use-gps-to-track-illegal-loggers-in-brazils-amazon-rainforest

Logging crackdowns up 81 pct, gov’t says (Cambodia) http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/logging-crackdowns-81-pct-gov%E2%80%99t-says

Companies take the climate lead (Indonesia) http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/10/15/companies-take-climate-lead.html

As Amazon deforestation falls, small farmers play bigger role in forest clearing http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1014-smallholder-deforestation-in-the-amazon.html

Kendrick Zale: Another carbon credit boiler room scam bites the dust http://www.redd-monitor.org/

AIDESEP and Rainforest Foundation Norway warn that Peru must improve policy on forests and indigenous peoples http://www.redd-monitor.org/

Bypass Serengeti National Park – appeal http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=73183