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Ivory responses: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing extract: At another CITES meeting, in 2011, the Chinese delegation successfully had NGOs expelled from the conference room for the discussion about elephants. Dr Meng later told a National Geographic reporter that the reason for China’s ire was an EIA report revealing that 90 per cent of ivory on the Chinese market was illegal, adding that while he conceded ‘80 per cent of EIA’s report was true’ he felt “they should have come to us first”.http://eia-international.org/ivory-responses-full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing (NA comment: Read this and see for yourself the despicable, underhand behaviour of the Chinese CITES Management Authority – the same MA so comprehensively defended by the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committee. How much longer will YOU allow this? Whose side are the Secretariat and Standing Committee on – China’s? Remember this: earlier this year the CITES Secretary General gave China a ‘Merit Award’. BTW this is the same Management Authority who were complicit in the import of 130 chimpanzees and 10 gorillas – something else the Secretary General defended. Is it any wonder we are losing the worlds wildlife – and most of it to China?
No 273 Wildlife Trade News 22nd November 2014
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“Those who have the privilege to know
have the duty to act.”
? Albert Einstein
Achim Steiner UNEP John Scanlon CITES Oystein Steiner CITES
Executive Director Secretary General Chairman: Standing Committee
Vanishing Point – Criminality, Corruption and the Devastation of Tanzania’s Elephants EIA’s groundbreaking new report ‘Vanishing Point – Criminality, Corruption and the Devastation of Tanzania’s Elephants’ is now available to read and download in Chinese.
Download the report in Chinese and/or in Swahili
Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency questions former Minster of Forestry – See more at: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1121-lbell-zulkifli-kpk.html#sthash.IYl8MxsL.gSBRVQM3.dpuf
Asia’s most precious wood is soaked in blood
Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1121-spencer-freeland-rosewood.html#YIcc6oMxQELfJgRV.99
IKEA commits to zero deforestation palm oil http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1121-ikea-zero-deforestation-palm-oil.html#sthash.7QyraXFN.FhxEmDoM.dpbs
Elephant Campaign: Check how your donations to the 2013 Christmas appeal made a real difference Greatest single conservation impact so far is a contribution to 80% reduction in illegal killing of elephants in Northern Kenya http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/campaigns/elephant-campaign/elephant-campaign-check-how-your-donations-to-the-2013-christmas-appeal-made-a-real-difference-9871312.html
Bush meat, new threat to Tanzania’s wildlife conservation drive: conservationists http://www.coastweek.com/3747-special-report-07.htm
Marine wildlife deaths prompt call to remove shark nets from Queensland beaches
Poacher held from Valmiki Tiger Reserve http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/poacher-held-from-valmiki-tiger-reserve-114112100445_1.html
Tusker found dead: NEPAL http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Tusker+found+dead+&NewsID=434299
Great apes facing ‘direct threat’ from palm oil farming
Kenya’s iconic Nairobi national park is under threat, conservationists warn The wildlife of Amboseli National Park is under pressure from roads, railways, factories and houses http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/21/kenya-nairobi-national-park-under-threat-conservationists
Smuggled Giraffes and Illicit Ivory: Interpol’s Nine Most Wanted Environmental Criminals http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-21/interpols-nine-most-wanted-environmental-criminals
Unilever to use sustainable palm oil in all European foods by end of 2014 http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/buying-and-supplying/unilever-to-use-sustainable-palm-oil-in-all-european-foods-by-end-of-2014/373827.article
Kenya: Schoolboy’s Innovation to Stop Lion Invasion Expands http://allafrica.com/stories/201411211085.html
RSPO promises to defeat palm oil-linked deforestation
Aerial view of an oil palm plantation in Malaysia. The industry is frequently blamed for illegal deforestation, which accounts for 18 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions. Image: Jaggat Rashidi / Shutterstock.com
Jane Goodall slams orang-utan conditions at city zoo: HONG KONG http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1644783/jane-goodall-slams-orang-utan-conditions-city-zoo
Need to set up shark sanctuaries
Fish species are being driven to near extinction because of Monster Boats.
GREENPEACE
Three deer poachers arrested in Virudhunagar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Three-deer-poachers-arrested-in-Virudhunagar/articleshow/45230785.cms
How The Illegal Wildlife Trade Exploits Human Rights http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/how-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-aids-terrorism-slavery-and-disease/
Sarawak forestry officer attacked over crackdown http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/22/Sarawak-forestry-officer-attacked-over-crackdown/
Plain ugly greed. MALAYSIA
http://www.nst.com.my/node/55318
Marine Ops Force nets RM18 mln in seized items from Jan-Oct. SARAWAK
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/22/marine-ops-force-nets-rm18-mln-in-seized-items-from-jan-oct/#ixzz3JmWCN85F
How elephants are being protected by ex-poachers in Zimbabwe – video http://www.theguardian.com/travel/video/2014/nov/22/zimbabwe-elephants-protected-poachers-video
On safari in Zimbabwe – with poachers turned gamekeepers http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/nov/22/zimbabwe-safari-poachers-turned-gamekeepers
MNSJ plans for tiger conservation. MALAYSIA http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1234640
‘Police, Forest and Customs departments should join hands to conserve wildlife’. INDIA http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/police-forest-and-customs-departments-should-join-hands-to-conserve-wildlife/article6624497.ece
Duke to call for ‘zero tolerance’ on ivory trade during US visit http://o.canada.com/news/duke-to-call-for-zero-tolerance-on-ivory-trade-during-us-visit
Oil giant backs down on forest exploration http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/environment/article4274758.ece
DHS-funded jaguar study could be model for future predator rescues http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060009423
