The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
And who is and remains under the spotlight
again? Yes, China …

in the spotlight today ……………………

Wildlife Abducted From Hwange National Park For Chinese Zoos

extract: Earlier in the year a damning report by Born Free USA noted that Zimbabwe has particularly close business ties with China and there have been allegations that ivory has also been flown to China through the Chinese Embassy in Harare.

http://conservationaction.co.za/recent-articles/wildlife-abducted-hwange-national-park-chinese-zoos/

No 283 Wildlife Trade News 2nd December 2014

Corruption and the Wildlife Trade. extract: Despite being the major destination for the legal ivory, around 90% of the ivory currently on sale in China is thought to have been obtained illegally, largely from poaching.

The full force of international law must be brought to bear, and the sanctions available to the likes of CITES used to their maximum extent against countries which consistently fail to uphold their commitments.

If the international community doesn’t get tough on corruption, and soon, then many of the world’s best-known wildlife species face a bleak future. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-jones/animal-preservation_b_6247192.html

Traffickers of Mantas and Devil Rays Get Bitten in Busts extract: Ray gill plates (appendages that filter the plankton that rays feed on) fuel an estimated $30 million annual trade to Chinese markets, despite the fact their efficacy as a health remedy is not recognized within mainstream traditional Chinese medicine. http://news.yahoo.com/traffickers-mantas-devil-rays-bitten-busts-150435346.html

Chinese zoos plundering Zimbabwe’s wildlife http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2014/12/chinese-zoos-plundering-zimbabwes-wildlife/

Zim’s baby elephants getting sold to China zoos https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/12/02/zims-baby-elephants-getting-sold-china-zoos/

Strange Chinese Appetites Driving Wildlife Toward Extinction http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbrinkley/2014/12/01/strange-chinese-appetites-driving-wildlife-toward-extinction/

CITES ISN’T WORKING – IS IT?

WHY IS CHINA PERMITTED BY CITES

TO GET AWAY WITH BREAKING THE CITES CONVENTION – EVERY DAY? IT’S BEEN

THIS WAY FOR YEARS – HASN’T IT?

China Leads Illegal Wildlife Trade; Alibaba, Baidu, WeChat Provide Havens
Read more: http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/25269/20141201/chinas-alibaba-baidu-wechat-provide-havens-for-illegal-wildlife-trade-international-fund-for-animal-welfare-alibaba-taobao-baidu-tieba-wechat-qq-group-ifaw-study-report-ivory-rhinoceros.htm#ixzz3KiQefVIQ

Live Lions, Tigers, and Bears for Sale Online. CHINA Report unveils grisly illegal Internet trade in wildlife—dead or alive. http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/01/live-lions-tigers-and-bears-sale-online-oh-my

APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1126-app-plantation-yields.html#sthash.dy2a4tXh.2C6PBx93.dpbs

Canada Slammed For Trading Endangered Whale Meat https://www.thedodo.com/canada-whale-meat-shipments-851729430.html

Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/228115609

Malayan tiger beats a retreat http://www.thesundaily.my/node/283782

Four Odisha poachers land in jail for killing wild boar http://odishasuntimes.com/101691/four-odisha-poachers-land-jail-killing-wild-boar/

KwaZulu-Natal wildlife top dogs suspended. SOUTH AFRICA http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/12/02/kwazulu-natal-wildlife-top-dogs-suspended

US, Australia Score Poorly on Wildlife Protection: Study http://sputniknews.com/environment/20141202/1015383519.html

Beauty in the failing natural preserve of Tesso Nilo. INDONESIA http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/02/beauty-failing-natural-preserve-tesso-nilo.html

Environment activists question committee formed to review green laws. INDIA http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/environment-activists-question-committee-formed-to-review-green-laws/article6654077.ece

Rangers patrol nature reserve in Sichuan(1/7) http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2014/12-02/53969.shtml ‘

Operation Tiger’ Leaves Forest Staffers Exhausted, Homesick http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2014/12/02/Operation-Tiger-Leaves-Forest-Staffers-Exhausted-Homesick/article2550952.ece

Canadian wildlife continue to struggle http://www.northumberlandview.ca/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=31871

Political, timber mafias collude. PAKISTAN http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=257433

Why Visiting a Rainforest Might Just Save the World http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ella-jameson/why-visiting-a-rainforest_b_6232776.html

Illegal fishing on the rise in Gulf of Mexico http://www.chron.com/hunting-fishing/article/Illegal-fishing-on-the-rise-authorities-ask-for-5927394.php

63,000 People Don’t Want Royse City Man to Shoot a Black Rhino to Save Black Rhinos. USA http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2014/12/royse_city_black_rhino_namibia_hunt.php

Australia to cut 80 pct of UNEP funding http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/141201/australia-cut-80-pct-unep-funding

Malaysia’s palm oil industry cited for using child labour

AP PHOTOS: Illegal gold mining’s wasteland. PERU http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/01/ap-photos-illegal-gold-minings-wasteland/

Indonesia’s Jokowi vows to protect peatlands Environmental campaign groups hope stronger regulations will ensue after Indonesian president Jokowi visited Riau and promised to protect peatlands against further destruction. http://www.eco-business.com/news/indonesias-jokowi-vows-protect-peatlands/

The Battle for Turtle Conservation; A Focus on Costa Rica http://www.costaricantimes.com/the-battle-for-turtle-conservation-a-focus-on-costa-rica/33673

Assam and West Bengal urge central govt for scheme on protection of Rhinos http://www.aninews.in/videogallery2/30953-assam-and-west-bengal-urge-central-govt-for-scheme-on-protection-of-rhinos.html