The killing of Critically Endangered Javan rhinos in its last stronghold – the Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia – shook ...

Interpol have confirmed the seizure of nearly 20,000 live animals – all endangered or protected species – in an operation that involved intelligence gathering across 138 countries. Operation Thunder ...

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, at depths few have ever seen, lives a group of extraordinary and unusual predators: gulper sharks. These deep-sea dwellers have been around for millions of years, ...

At a time of unprecedented biodiversity loss, TRAFFIC is scaling up evidence, solutions, and influence to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefit of the planet and ...

TRAFFIC has over 170 staff working on five continents towards the shared goal of reducing the pressure of unsustainable trade on natural biodiversity. Our team includes experts from a plethora of ...

The trade in wild species is complex. Deepen your understanding with our tools and online courses that can help you act on illegal trade and enable you to support legal trade - regardless of whether ...

Nepal’s Himalayan forests, rich in biodiversity and home to numerous keystone species, are under threat. Overharvesting of wild plants and fungi, climate change, illegal trade, and inequitable supply ...

Pangolins are thought to be the most trafficked mammal in the world, snatched from the wild due to demand for their scales which are mistakenly thought to have medicinal properties in traditional ...

Our conservation and development work is spread across a combination of ongoing trade monitoring, data gathering, policy engagement and individual projects. In addition to our ongoing trade monitoring ...

The triple threats of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate change require urgent global action. The IUCN Red List 2022 shows that there has been no reduction in the rate at which ...

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 ...

Tackling complex trade priorities requires a cross-cutting approach that harnesses our expertise across a number of targeted thematic issues. Whether working with governments and conventions, ...