[PCA] NEWS: Tackling illegal wildlife trade through a scientific and partnership approach

[Kwong, Olivia]

http://www.kew.org/news/kew-blogs/kew-science-blog/illegal-wildlife-trade-in-plants.htm

Tackling illegal wildlife trade through a scientific and partnership
approach
By: Madeleine Groves - 14/02/2014

Madeleine Groves, the CITES Implementation Officer at Kew, describes how
the application of science can help combat illegal wildlife trade.

This week saw the gathering of global leaders at the London Conference on
the Illegal Wildlife Trade 2014. Tackling illegal wildlife trade (IWT) has
generally concentrated on charismatic mega fauna such as elephants, rhinos
and tigers. However, IWT policy and practice also address the illegal
harvesting and trade in many plant species and their parts and derivatives.
IWT is a serious criminal industry worth billions of US dollars every year.
Proceeds of transnational crime in timber alone in the developing world
have been estimated to be worth US$ 7bn (Haken, 2011). Plant groups
affected by IWT include tree, orchid, cacti and cycad species and plant
species used for medicinal purposes.

See the link above for the full text of the blog entry.
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