Tag: #endwildlifecrime

6th November 2017 Vienna, Austria

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

How to stop the illegal trade in wildlife – in Vienna

The pictures are grisly.  A black rhino lies slumped, its head a mass of blood and gore.  A rotting elephant carcass is hunched in the savannah, torn and ripped by scavengers. #ICYMI @BrentStirton named #WPY53 Wildlife Photographer of the Year for the powerful Memorial to a species. #rhino #photography @NHM_WPY pic.twitter.com/qM1fmF0scf — NHM Images (@NHM_Images) […]

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17th February 2014

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Let’s End the Illegal Wildlife Trade

On 13 February the UK hosted governments from across all five Continents to galvanise international action on the illegal wildlife trade – The London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade. Our focus was to improve law enforcement to catch and punish those responsible; support the development of sustainable livelihoods in areas affected by wildlife crime; and […]

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