Op-ed

World Wildlife Day, being celebrated on March 3 for the third time – this year under the slogan ‘The Future of Wildlife is in our hands’ – is focusing on the plight of African and Asian elephants, which are being slaughtered in their thousands for their tusks to supply the ivory trade. But other species, such as vultures, are also in serious decline because of human actions

Von Dr. Bradnee Chambers. Der Autor leitet das Sekretariat des Übereinkommens zur Erhaltung der wandernden wild lebenden Tierarten (UNEP/CMS) der Vereinten Nationen in Bonn. Wenn Sie ein Vogelbeobachter sind, dann ist einer der wichtigsten Tage in Ihrem Kalender der Weltzugvogeltag am 10. Mai. An diesem Wochenende versammeln sich Vogelbeobachter aus der ganzen Welt, um Vögel und ihre erstaunlich weiten Reisen zu feiern.

With 21 March designated by the United Nations as the “International Day of Forests and the Tree”, Bradnee Chambers, the Executive Secretary of the U.N. Environment Programme Convention on Migratory Species, explains why he sees forest and species conservation as two sides of the same coin.

London was the place to be this week for those fighting global wildlife crime. Prince Charles and the Duke of Cambridge were joined by an impressive coalition of heads of state, ministers and officials of 50 countries to end poaching of elephants, rhinos and other illicit trade of endangered animals that have been linked to terrorism and organised crime.