UN's first World Wildlife Crime Report concludes many species 'hanging on by a thread'
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released its first ever study specifically addressing wildlife crime. The strongly worded report warns that wildlife crimes such as poaching and illegal trading constitute a massive global problem that not only threatens species diversity, but also presents real environmental dangers and undermines the rule of … Continued
New Guinea's rainforests are being destroyed with apparent impunity
It’s becoming hard to see the (rain) forests for the (felled) trees on the island of New Guinea at the moment. With a legal farce involving a renowned large-scale timber thief playing out in West Papua, a new report has also just revealed that an area of Papua New Guinea’s rainforests larger than Australia’s entire … Continued