Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject "illegal traffic"
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Elephants in the Dust: the African Elephant Crisis. A Rapid Response Assessment
(2013)This rapid response assessment report brings together critical up-to-date information from the CITES-recognized systems that monitor the status of elephants, the illegal killing of elephants, and the legal and illegal trade ... -
The last stand of the gorilla: environmental crime and conflict in the Congo basin
(UNEP, 2010)Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to agricultural expansion, degradation of habitat from ... -
The last stand of the orangutan, state of emergency: illegal logging, fire and palm oil in Indonesia's national parks
(UNEP, 2007)The orangutans share their habitat with a wild range of other threatened and ecologically important species including the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros and Asian elephant. UNEP and the UN Educational Scientific and ... -
Transnational Environmental Crime - A Common Crime in need of Better Enforcement: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service - January 2013
(2013)Environmental crime typically refers to any breach of a national or international environmental law or convention that exists to ensure the conservation and sustainability of the world's environment. Five areas are considered ... -
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UNEP Year Book 2014: emerging issues in our global environment
(UNEP, 2014)Ten years after the first Year Book in this series appeared, a special e-book anniversary edition – UNEP Year Book 2014 – presents a fresh look at ten issues highlighted over the past decade. This UNEP Year Book 2014 takes ... -
UNEP's action to meet the challenge of illegal trade in chemicals
(UNEP, 2005)Environmental crime is a big and increasingly lucrative business. Local and international crime syndicates earn an estimated US$ 22-31 billion annually from illegal trade in environmentally sensitive commodities such as ...