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Contents below:

     · General information

       · Institutions & initiatives

              ~ International

              ~ Domestic & national

              ~ Research institutions

              ~ NGOs

Also see:

     · Environmental crime & corruption page

       · Elephants page

General information

Wildlife smuggling @ Wikipedia

Institutions & initiatives

~ International ~

Collaborative Partnership on Sustainable Wildlife Management

     · CBD page

     · FAO page

     · CIFOR page

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES, 1973)

     · Key international convention dealing with wildlife trafficking across international borders

~ Domestic & national ~

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

     Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

          Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

               Wildlife Trafficking Toolkit

~ Research ~

Beastly Business

BIOSEC project

     · "...critically examines the growing inter-relationships between biodiversity conservation

       and security."

Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade

Wildlife crime @ Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement

~ NGOs ~

Environmental Investigation Agency [UK]

Environmental Investigation Agency [US]

EnviCrimeNet

Freeland

     · Mission: "to protect vulnerable people and wildlife from organized crime and corruption,

        while revitalizing ecosystems and communities for a more secure world. Our vision is a

        world free of wildlife trafficking and human slavery."

     · Freeland Brasil

Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online

     · Sponsored by TRAFFIC, WWF & IFAW

     · Developed a Wildlife-Friendly Online Trade Policy

IWMC World Conservation Trust

Liberty Shared

Poaching Facts

Stimson Center

     Wildlife and natural resources security

TRAFFIC

     · “The wildlife trade monitoring network”

United for Wildlife

US Wildlife Trafficking Alliance

WildAid

     · "works to reduce global consumption of wildlife products and to increase local support for

       conservation efforts.

Stop Wildlife Trafficking

Select readings

Poaching is more than an Enforcement Problem

     · 2014  ~   Daniel W. S. Challender & Douglas C. MacMillan  ~  Conservation Letters

     · Current efforts to combat poaching are important but insufficient to fully combat and solve the problem

     · New solutions need to involve changing perceptions of people and communities about what constitutes illegal trade and poaching

     · The article discusses long-term solutions to the problem such as increased education and awareness regarding poaching 

Deconstructing the Poaching Phenomenon: A Review of Typologies for Understanding Illegal Hunting

     · 2014  ~  Erica von Essen et al.  ~  British Journal of Criminology

     · There are different ways of looking at poaching and criminal enforcement.

     · Research can help us combat poaching.

     · Drivers that push people into poaching include economic hardship and political and social inequalities.

     · Identifying groups behind poaching rings can help combat the underlying problems.

     · Examines weaknesses in research regarding poaching, focusin on it being not just an environmental issue, but more a political and

       socio-economic challenge that forces people into professions such as poaching or illegal animal trading.

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