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Wildlife trade and trafficking

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The illegal trade of wildlife, worth roughly $19 billion (€17 billion) each year, is the world's fourth largest illegal international trade - after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking.

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Reports & Analysis

Two forensic scientists in protective suits examine evidence. A dead rhino lies in the background.

Wildlife academy in South Africa helps fight poaching

Wildlife academy in South Africa helps fight poaching

The Wildlife Forensic Academy in South Africa simulates different wildlife crime scenes to help prevent poaching.
Nature and EnvironmentJune 5, 202305:50 min
A group of elephants walking in a marshy area

Amid Kenya's drought, bushmeat poaching on the rise

Amid Kenya's drought, bushmeat poaching on the rise

As the country suffers under a prolonged severe drought, more Kenyans are now hunting for bushmeat as a means to get by.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 12, 202302:44 min
DW Sendung Eco Africa

How Botswana is growing its elephant population

How Botswana is growing its elephant population

Botswana manages to increase its elephant population despite its fair share of human-wildlife conflicts in the past.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 9, 202305:36 min
Chimpanzee in Guinea Conakry

Safeguarding Western chimpanzees

Safeguarding Western chimpanzees

In Guinea Conakry, one project is raising chimpanzees and preparing them for a return to the wild.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 13, 202305:03 min
Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

Tough resolve to beat poaching

Tough resolve to beat poaching

Margaret Kasumba has dedicated her career to conservation, risking her life to hunt poachers and wildlife traffickers.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 8, 202204:36 min
Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) rangers stand guard around illegal stockpiles of burning elephant tusks, ivory figurines and rhinoceros horns at the Nairobi National Park

Global trade rules against extinction: Do they work?

Global trade rules against extinction: Do they work?

An international convention is supposed to stop one million animal and plant species from going extinct.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 25, 2022
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In the spotlight

Eco Africa - the Baka people of Cameroon in a rainforest

The endangered Dja rainforest

Who or what is to blame for the poor condition of the unique Dja Faunal Reserve in Cameroon?
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 6, 202204:47 min
Confiscated tiger skins and skulls lie on a customs table in Bangkok

Traditional Chinese medicine — grown in a petri dish?

Could lab-grown meat counteract the illegal market for endangered animal products?
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 5, 2021