An overview of the work TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, does to address the challenges presented by illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade.

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TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade
monitoring network
- turning the tables on wildlife crime
Sabri Zain, Director of Policy, TRAFFIC
IMPINGTON VILLAGE COLLEGE, 22nd JANUARY 2016

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TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild
plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature.
TRAFFIC was established in 1976 and employs around 100 staff based in nearly 30
countries, worldwide

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The United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

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Illegal
Ivory
Trade

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ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE
Estimated weight of ivory and number of seizure cases by year, 1989 - 2013 (ETIS, January 2014)

9. ILLEGAL IVORY TRADE
Large-scale (>500kg) seizures of ivory where trade routes were
known, 2012 - 2013 (ETIS November 2013)
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Illegal
Rhino
Trade

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ILLEGAL RHINO TRADE
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201
426
520
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1,109
1,293
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total number of rhinos poached in Africa1 2006-2014
1 Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Source: IUCN African Rhinoceros Specialist Group/TRAFFIC

12. Illegal Tiger Trade
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15. Wildlife crime

16. Wildlife crime

17. ORGANISED CRIMINAL NETWORKS
Levels of organized crime involved in rhino
horn trade (Adapted from Maggs, 2011)
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18. TRANS-NATIONAL ORGANISED CRIME
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19. CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING
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20. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Revenue collected, mid-2004 =
4% timber actually harvested
Tanzania total timber exports China imports from Tanzania
2002/03 4,920 2003 45,432
2003/04 8,529 2004 41,699
2004/05 5,867 2005 21,374
Lost revenue: $58 million per year in Tanzania alone:
Enough to pay for
•1,900 schools
•11 million
mosquito nets
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21. LOCAL COMMUNITIES
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22. CONSUMER DEMAND
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23. CAPACITY BUILDING
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24. ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT
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25. INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE SHARING
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MONITORING & RESEARCH

27. MONITORING & RESEARCH
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28. LEGISLATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT
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POLITICAL WILL

30. POLITICAL WILL
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32. THANK
YOU
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