Conservation organisations call for governmental and public support against illegal wildlife trade in Singapore 25 October 2012, Singapore – World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Singapore and TRAFFIC in ...

BANGKOK (AP) – Squealing tiger cubs stuffed into carry-on bags. Luggage packed with hundreds of squirming tortoises, elephant tusks, even water dragons and American Paddlefish. Officials at Thailand’s ...

As climate change fuels more frequent floods and storms across Southeast Asia, forests and wildlife are being pushed to their ...

Social media sites such as Facebook and Instagram are increasingly being used in Asia as platforms for the illegal trade in a range of threatened species such as orangutan and sun bears, conservation ...

A new photo book by authors and photographers Bjorn Olesen and Fanny Lai aims to raise awareness of Asia’s impressive biodiversity and protected areas, and inspire mindful ecotourism that supports ...

COVID-19 curbs have resulted in a sharp drop in the illicit trade, but the industry is poised to bounce back hard as travel restrictions ease. Endangered wildlife products including pangolin skins and ...

Kathmandu, Nepal - Experts from South Asia have laid the foundation for a South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) as a co-ordinated regional response to combat illegal poaching and trafficking ...

Asia needs a special crime-fighting network to combat a booming illegal wildlife trade worth billions of dollars which threatens many species with extinction, Thailand’s prime minister said on ...

Illegal wildlife trade has been a lucrative business for criminals with an estimated value of $ 20 billion a year – yet it has largely been treated as a low-priority issue by the global community, at ...

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Roland Kays receives funding from The National Science Foundation. It was a dark time for animals. Poaching was rampant. Wild birds and mammals were being slaughtered by the thousands. An ...