Climate & Environment
Wildlife Trafficking
The illegal poaching, smuggling and trade of wild animals, plants and their derivatives, one of the largest transnational environmental crimes.
Definition
Wildlife trafficking is the illegal harvest, transport, sale and purchase of protected wildlife — live specimens, parts and products such as ivory, rhino horn, pangolin scales and timber species — in violation of national law and CITES trade controls. It is recognised as serious organised crime.
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