Wildlife Trade & Use News
Action to tackle Southeast Asia’s Extinction Crisis
Southeast Asia hosts a high proportion of the world’s uniquely diverse fauna and flora, but key threats in the region such as habitat loss, hunting and trade continue to drive much of its wildlife…
17 Sep 2013 | International news release
IUCN Red List Training Course Now Online
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. The IUCN Red…
13 Sep 2013 | News story
The Duke of Cambridge and IUCN unite for wildlife
As part of his latest conservation initiative, The Duke of Cambridge brings together an unprecedented collaboration between the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry,…
12 Sep 2013 | International news release
Vultures – the silent victims of Africa’s wildlife poaching
The recent death of up to 600 vultures after feeding on a poisoned elephant carcass near Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park in July confirms that the indiscriminate use of poison is one of the major…
15 Aug 2013 | News story
Threatened freshwater fish fall through net of mismanaged aquarium pet trade
The global trade in freshwater fish is a large and diverse industry, estimated to be worth around US $15–30 billion a year. Supplied by captive-bred and wild-caught specimens, the aquarium trade is…
26 Jul 2013 | News story
The most traded wild mammal - the Pangolin - is being eaten to extinction
The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), one of eight extant pangolins or scaly anteaters as they are also known, was once abundant in China. However, as a result of overexploitation for…
22 Jul 2013 | News story
World’s oldest and largest species in decline – IUCN Red List
The latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ shows worrying declines for conifers – the world’s oldest and largest organisms – freshwater shrimps, cone snails and the Yangtze Finless… | French | Spanish | Dutch
02 Jul 2013 | International news release
EU countries must do more to protect biodiversity
European Union countries should step up their conservation efforts and fully implement the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 to prevent species from going extinct, according to a recent analysis of… | French | Spanish
02 May 2013 | News story
Intervention led by IUCN experts stops import of Asian horseshoe crabs into USA
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) is a network of experts who provide knowledge and advice on species and a wide range of conservation…
08 Apr 2013 | News story
New report warns of uncertain future for African elephants
Bangkok, 6 March 2013— Populations of elephants in Africa continue to be under severe threat as the illegal trade in ivory grows - with double the numbers of elephants killed and triple the amounts…
06 Mar 2013 | International news release
