wildlife Trafficking
20 Sep
Stakeholders have expressed serious concerns that despite two decades of concerted efforts and actions at the international, national and local levels to combat illegal trade, wildlife trafficking is persisting globally. They also regretted that thousands of wildlife species are already affected and a wide range of distinct markets, while technology accelerates the capacity of traffickers…
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National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) have partnered to curb wildlife trafficking by monitoring and enforcing legislation in the sub-region.
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Conservationists have identified weak legislation, corruption in the government agencies, as factors responsible for illegal wildlife trade in West Africa Sub-region.
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The Special Wildlife Office of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, disclosed that it has intercepted about 20,000 kilograms of illegal wildlife products and live specimens on the verge of being smuggled out of the country by criminals in the last 3years Speaking at the second edition of the Cooperation meeting between the service…
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