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15th May 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

An encounter with a Viennese wild boar

Climbing through the woods after a cloudburst, I follow the path around a corner to find myself confronting a group of wild boar – four or five hulking adults and countless piglets – known, charmingly, as Frischlinge in German. I am closer to them than either they, or I, would wish. I turn and walk slowly away, avoiding sudden movements. Moments later I hear a noise […]

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3rd March 2014

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by Paul Johnston

Ambassador to Ireland

World Wildlife Day

Late last year, the UN General Assembly decided to make March 3 World Wildlife Day. On this day in 1973, the UN adopted the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, affirming the intrinsic value of wildlife and its various contributions including ecological, genetic, social, economic, scientific, educational, cultural, recreational […]

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3rd March 2014 Toronto, Canada

3 March: World Wildlife Day

3 March 2014 is the first World Wildlife Day, proclaimed by the United Nations late last year to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). CITES is a multilateral treaty designed to prevent the trade in plants and animals (or animal parts) from endangering […]

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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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