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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

Human and Wildlife Trafficking Dashboards @ Liberty Shared

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          

Poaching Facts

Stimson Center

     Environmental Crime

          · Includes very broad content about environmental crime, with general introduction for the

              categories: poaching, logging, fishing, and mining.

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