‘Wildlife trade’ refers to the commercial use by people of wild animal and plant resources. While most of this trade is legal, a significant portion of it is not.
WHAT IS WILDLIFE TRADE?
‘Wildlife trade’ refers to the commercial use by people of wild animal and plant resources. While most of this trade is legal, a significant portion of it is not.
NEWS UPDATE
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TRAFFIC warns of illegal trapping, trade and utilisation of owls around Diwali
Every year, Diwali, the Festival of Lights, becomes a grim reminder of the dark future of owls in India, when thousands of the ...
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New ID tools to help curb illegal trade of tortoises and freshwater turtles in India launched
TRAFFIC, the Turtle Survival Alliance India (TSA-India) and WWF-India have created new identification (ID) tools in the form of ...
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Over 11,000 tortoises and freshwater turtles entered illegal wildlife trade in India every year since 2009, finds TRAFFIC’ study
To draw attention towards the illicit poaching and smuggling of Testudines in India, TRAFFIC reveals that a minimum of 1,11,310 ...
