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Physical Inspection, Wood Identification, Risk Assessment and Forensics: Empowering Law Enforcement Officers to Tackle Illegal Timber Trade in Africa Kampala, 9 December 2024 – Healthy forests sustain biodiversity, livelihoods, and local economies. Home to most of the planet’s terrestrial species, forests provide millions of people with jobs, along with food and fuel for more than 90 percent of the world’s most vulnerable populations. When forests are threatened, so too are the benefits they provide and the survival of wildlife. To

The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime launches its 2023 Annual Report The International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) has launched its Annual Report for 2023. The 2023 Annual Report highlights the successes and achievements of countries supported by ICCWC in combating wildlife and forest crime. The Consortium uses targeted and evidence-based approaches to strengthen criminal justice systems and provide coordinated support to enhance responses to wildlife crime. This includes technical assistance, intelligence-led global operations, capacity building, financial investigations

Launch of the World Wildlife Crime Report 2024: New data, trends, threats and possible solutions to combat illegal wildlife trade Vienna, 14 May 2024 The World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 was launched yesterday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria. This is the third report in a series following the 2020 and 2016 publications. The report provides an updated focus on trends in the illegal trade in wildlife species listed in the Convention on

Del decomiso al procesamiento: el ICCWC acoge la primera Conferencia Mundial sobre Comercio Ilegal de Fauna y Flora Silvestres 1 de mayo de 2024 Del 22 al 24 de abril de 2024, organismos encargados de la aplicación de la ley de todo el mundo, de aduanas, policía y órganos de enjuiciamiento, de más de 20 países de América del Sur, África subsahariana y Asia y el Pacífico, se reunieron en el marco de la primera Conferencia Mundial del ICCWC sobre

El 23 de noviembre de 2020 se cumplen diez años del establecimiento del Consorcio Internacional para Combatir los Delitos contra la Vida Silvestre ( ICCWC ), la iniciativa de colaboración entre la Secretaría de la Convención sobre el Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres (CITES), INTERPOL, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD), el Banco Mundial y la Organización Mundial de Aduanas (OMA). Estas cinco entidades intergubernamentales

Ginebra, 10 de julio de 2020 - La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (ONUDD) dio a conocer el Informe mundial sobre los delitos contra la vida silvestre 2020 durante un evento virtual de alto nivel en el que formularon declaraciones la Sra. Ghada Whaly y la Sra. Angela Me , Directora Ejecutiva y Jefa de la Subdivisión de Investigación y Análisis de la ONUDD, respectivamente; Carla Montesi , Directora de la Dirección Planeta y

Discurso de bienvenida de la Secretaria General de la CITES Excelentísimos Jefes de Estado, ministros, distinguidos invitados, señoras y señores, Es con gran placer que me presento ante ustedes en esta primera conferencia de alto nivel de las Américas sobre el comercio ilegal de vida silvestre. Seguimos constatando niveles extraordinarios de apoyo político de alto nivel y de cooperación internacional y regional y, en el contexto de este proceso, deseo felicitar al Gobierno del Perú por haber organizado esta importante

JOINT PRESS RELEASE Fight against wildlife crime gets a USD20 million boost Geneva 29 November – At an event held alongside the 69th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC69), the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) announced generous new funding of USD20 million to scale up the fight against illegal wildlife trade. The significant new funding will be provided by the European Union (EU) (EUR 13,500,000), Germany (EUR 400,000) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

For use of the media only; not an official document. JOINT PRESS RELEASE Links between corruption and wildlife crime highlighted at UN anti-corruption conference VIENNA, 6 November 2017 — The Secretariat of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) spearheaded a number of events at the 7thsession of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC CoSP7, Vienna

Plenary: Remarks by John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General 7th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption Vienna, 6-10 November 2017 Thank you President and thank you for giving CITES the opportunity to address today’s Plenary session, which is a first for the Convention. I would also like to express our sincere thanks to Executive Director Yury Fedotov and his good team for their extraordinary support for CITES and the fight against wildlife