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Protecting wildlife. Empowering people. Inspiring change. Global experts working to ensure trade in wild species is legal, safe, and sustainable, for the benefit of people and the planet.
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Glass eel trafficking is surging — despite global bans 📈 @mongabay.com spotlights how organised crime is pushing this species to the brink. TRAFFIC is working closely with the EU & China to tackle this growing threat. Discover more 👉 https://loom.ly/z5mW6S4

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🚨 “The findings highlight both persistent threats and fast-evolving trends” said TRAFFIC in a new interview with @mongabay.com Recent seizures & shifting trade routes show traffickers are adapting fast — & so must we. Discover more 👉 https://loom.ly/iHzvDEM

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Join the Global Coalition to Halt Shark and Ray Extinction Over 35% of sharks and rays are threatened with extinction — most are declining due to overfishing. Urgent, coordinated action is needed.

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

🌐 Biodiversity connects us all 🤝This year, the theme highlights the linkages between the #KMGBF and the #GlobalGoals and the need to implement in tandem by 2030. 🛡️At TRAFFIC, we work to ensure that trade in wild species supports global biodiversity targets. #BiodiversityDay #IDB2025

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Lions are the most-traded wildcat in the world, and the only big cat whose commercial trade is permitted under CITES, the international wildlife trade agreement. Unsustainable trade in lion bones and other body parts, poses a threat to the already declining wild lion populations across the world.

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Trophies, cubs, skeletons — what’s really driving the global lion trade? 🦁 New @mongabay.com article breaks down the data, including insights from TRAFFIC, & reveals some surprising trends. Spoiler: it’s not just about bones. loom.ly/_of1eCM #LionTrade #Conservation #IllegalWildlifeTrade

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Unmasking the grisly trade in animal skulls 💀 These macabre items — stolen from many species on the brink of extinction — are a stark reminder of the illegal wildlife trade’s cost. This week only, your donation will be doubled to help dismantle criminal networks like these👇 #Wildlifeconservation

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

Rhino horn trade: a fight for survival. 🦏 Relentless trafficking in rhino horn continues to devastate populations worldwide. TRAFFIC is working tirelessly to disrupt the criminal networks behind this trade. Your support helps secure a future for these iconic giants. 👇 #StopWildlifeCrime #Rhinos

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Forests are vanishing. But you can fight back. 🌳💪 Forests are lifelines for our planet, supporting billions globally — from indigenous communities to city dwellers. But illegal loggers are stealing these lifelines and decimating vital habitats worldwide. #SaveForests #StopIllegalLogging #Timber

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

A miraculous comeback for the saiga antelope! 🌟 The saiga antelope, once nearly extinct due to poaching and disease, is now slowly recovering thanks to concerted conservation efforts. We’re working with partners to protect these unique animals. Stand with us today 👇 #SaigaRecovery #Saigaantelope

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

Every 5 mins, a pangolin is taken from the wild. TRAFFIC is tackling the illegal trade at its roots — and this week only, your donation is doubled. Help protect the world’s most trafficked mammal 👇 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #SavePangolins #StopIllegalTrafficking #Wildlife

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Major wildlife crime bust in the Philippines! 🚨 Dozens of endangered species rescued. A known online trader taken down. This is a wake-up call: online platforms must not be safe havens for traffickers. Full news article 👇 #EndWildlifeCrime #IllegalWildLifeTrade

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 Big win for pangolins! A suspected trafficking kingpin has been arrested in Nigeria after a major joint op. “...8.5 million pangolins were taken from the wild in West & Central Africa for illegal trade...” said our expert to @mongabay.bsky.social 👇 loom.ly/AnzdD54 #Pangolins #WildlifeCrime

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Executive Director, Richard Scobey, joined a high-level panel at #EU #EnvironmentalCrime event alongside #UNDOC, @europol-eu.bsky.social , & @ec.europa.eu. Discussing the #EUGreenDeal legacy & tackling illegal #WildlifeTrade through multi-sector collaboration. 🌍🔍 @wwf.eu

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Earlier this week, a team from @trafficintl.bsky.social visited SOSA’s Red List team – discussing opportunities to collaborate on protecting marine species! @sgn.one

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

China & Viet Nam partner to transform their traditional medicine industries! 🇨🇳🤝🇻🇳 As our Vietnam Director said to @mongabay.bsky.social: The partnership aims to explore “several sustainable practices to make #traditionalmedicine more conservation-friendly”. More 👇 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

Nearly 20,000 threatened and protected animals were rescued in a global policing operation coordinated by Interpol at the end of 2024. The campaign, Operation Thunder , involved law enforcement agencies in 138 countries and targeted six transnational criminal groups.

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

Ancient. Elusive. Vanishing. 🦈📉 #GulperSharks — unusual deep-sea predators older than dinosaurs — are disappearing fast. #Overfishing has pushed these unique #sharks to the edge of extinction as demand for their liver oil keeps rising. 📸 Melissa Romao | @seashepherdglobal.bsky.social

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

Reframing sustainability in the business world for meaningful change 🌍🌿 This insightful article by @cisl_cambridge highlights the urgent need for businesses to make bold reforms to achieve resilient markets and protect nature. #SustainableBusiness #NatureConservation

submitted 154 days ago • 1 comment

1/ Protecting the unique wildlife of the Galapagos 🐢✨ Home to extraordinary species found nowhere else on Earth — marine iguanas, giant tortoises, sharks, and more — the Galapagos is under increasing threat from illegal wildlife trafficking.

submitted 161 days ago • 1 comment

(1/2) Madagascar’s ‘magic’ plants are under threat! 🌱🇲🇬✨ New research shows the country's plants, vital for cancer drugs & health products, face unsustainable harvesting due to global demand. Local harvesters earn $2/day while pharmaceutical giants profit millions. #illegaltrade #Madagascar

submitted 189 days ago • 1 comment

Are YOUR houseplants fuelling extinction? 🌵🇿🇦 South Africa’s rare succulents are in crisis: over 1.6 MILLION plants were illegally harvested in the last 5 years. Traffickers are targeting buyers in the UK, Europe, Asia & the US, pushing these species toward #extinction 🔴

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

🛑Over 24.1 MILLION illegal online wildlife listings REMOVED! 🦏🖥️ From ivory to exotic pets, platforms are becoming safer for wildlife thanks to the Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online. Together with @wwf.org.uk & @ifawglobal.bsky.social, we're keeping species #OfflineAndInTheWild

submitted 197 days ago • 1 comment

“Companies need to allocate far more resources towards regulating how users trade illegally in wildlife parts and derivatives on their platforms... much more can be done.” Richard Scobey, Executive Director at Traffic.

submitted 200 days ago • 0 comments

Day 2 of #ITTC60 opens w/ panel discussion on "restoration strategies & experiences: challenges & lessons learned" looking at role of sustainable use, moderated by Chen Hin Koenig from @trafficintl.bsky.social #ITTO #tropicalforests #forests #SFM

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments

🌍 Tackling global wildlife crime through collaboration 🤝 TRAFFIC was honored to join the Anti-Financial Crime Alliance Forum hosted by DZ BANK AG, focusing on strengthening collaboration against money laundering & terrorist financing. 📸 Boris Trenkel

submitted 210 days ago • 1 comment

HISTORIC CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY!! 🇲🇬🇹🇭🎉 In an inspiring win for wildlife conservation, nearly 1,000 endangered lemurs and tortoises are returning home to Madagascar after being rescued from illegal trade! Full story 👉 loom.ly/wfLqYYc #conservationoptimism

submitted 210 days ago • 0 comments

(1/3) There's been a surprising turn in Malaysia’s high-profile pangolin trafficking case 🇲🇾 Following the seizure of a STAGGERING 1.8 tonnes of seized pangolin scales, Malaysian authorities uncovered a global syndicate linked to the illegal trafficking of pangolin scales.

submitted 212 days ago • 1 comment

🚨 THOUSANDS of birds seized in record-breaking trafficking bust in Indonesia! 🐦 One truck carrying 6,514 birds, including some of the world's most endangered species, was stopped in Lampung, highlighting devastating scale of illegal bird trade. More @mongabay.bsky.social 👇 📸FLIGHT

submitted 224 days ago • 1 comment