Long familiar with seizures of pangolin scales, elephant ivory and other wildlife contraband smuggled via sea, Malaysia is now helping frontliners at one of the world’s busiest container ports boost ...

In February 2025, 4,386 Pig nosed Turtles Carettochelys insculpta packed into plastic containers were found on a Kuala Lumpur ...

Opportunities to ensure the long-term sustainability of wild-harvested species used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) ...

The global trade in marine ornamental fish is worth over USD1 billion and involves annual trade in 40 million individual fish ...

With one in five people worldwide depending on wild plants, algae, and fungi for food and income, integrating the sustainable use of wild species into landscape restoration is not just beneficial—it ...

For the first time, a comprehensive review of laws in 12 tiger range countries exposes critical gaps in legislation that may help facilitate the trafficking of tigers. The new report, Law of the Tiger ...

Nature crimes are no longer just a conservation issue — they’re a multi-billion-dollar industry driving money laundering, corruption, and transnational crime. These crimes, which include illegal ...

Madagascar’s extraordinary medicinal plants, prized for their unique properties and used in life-saving cancer drugs and health products, are being harvested in unregulated quantities for local and ...

Viet Nam and China launch landmark partnership to adopt sustainable traditional medicine (TM) practices that protect wildlife while preserving cultural heritage. TM, rooted in centuries of shared ...

This research aims to provide a greater understanding of the who, what, where, when, how, and why of the illegal succulent trade dynamics, along with a review of legal proceedings of succulent court ...

Tanzania is home to wild herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, and impala that have been hunted for meat by generations of indigenous communities. In 2019, Tanzania’s late President called on the ...

The global trade in wild species involves thousands of different species, environments, commodities, supply chains, and consumer markets. Poaching and trafficking, as well as legal yet unsustainable ...