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G7 nations talk a good game on fighting illegal wildlife trade, but still aren’t getting serious

Opinion: It’s time leaders of the Western world matched their rhetoric on conservation with their wallets

<p>Wildlife traffcking is wiping out rhinos, elephants and tigers </p>

<p>Illegal wildlife trafficking is widespread in Southeast Asia</p>

Now is the time for G7 to act on the to illegal wildlife trade

<p>A man feeds rabbits at a farm which breeds animals for fur in Zhangjiakou, in China’s Hebei province</p>

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China urged to call time on fur farms after WHO report on Covid origin

File image: Birds in cage in an Indonesian market

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Songbird trade shrinking Sunda laughingthrush population in Indonesia

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Uncertainty about conservation budget cuts could harm wildlife

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Jane Seymour backs Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade campaign

Actress calls for efforts to tackle animal trafficking in wake of Covid pandemic

<p>Independent shareholder Evgeny Lebedev meets a herder at a cattle camp in South Sudan</p>

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How northern white rhino may live on in South Sudan‘s vast wilderness

<p>A Formosan pangolin is seen at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei on 24 February 2021</p>

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Scientists develop app to predict the next pandemic

Thai authorities look at documents found during the operation against the syndicate

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Thailand seizes £7m in assets from notorious wildlife trafficking gang

<p>A teenager with iquanas, badger and other animals in Chatuchak market, Bangkok</p>

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‘A ticking time bomb’: Asia’s commercial wildlife trade risking future pandemic

<p>Verreaux’s sifaka photographed in the Berenty Reserve of Madagascar</p>

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Photographer calls for ‘New Big Five’ for the post-hunting age

<p>File Image: Environmental authorities in Colombia released about 1800 animals of different species in different areas of the country, who were recovered of illegal wildlife trafficking</p>

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Illegal wildlife trade ‘intrinsically linked to drugs and weapons trafficking’

Opinion

<p>A man wearing a protective suit controls the access to a market in Wuhan in March 2020</p>

Wuhan is our wake-up call, we must stop the trade of wild animals

It’s frustrating to watch world leaders focus on vaccines and trillion-dollar recovery packages but not on the root causes of Covid-19

Wuhan is our wake-up call, we must stop the trade of wild animals

It’s frustrating to watch world leaders focus on vaccines and trillion-dollar recovery packages but not on the root causes of Covid-19

<p>A man wearing a protective suit controls the access to a market in Wuhan in March 2020</p>

Former England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen is helping to save rhinos

Voices

Why we need to win war again rhino poachers

Solar panels and wind turbines are on the up, but coal usage must fall by 13 per cent around the world each year if we are to have a hope of hitting the targets of the Paris climate agreement, scientists say

Why green charities should shift campaigning away from the climate

The illegal trade of wildlife is valued at $200bn annually

Wildlife crime and trade laws are not fit for purpose

Poached in Africa, pangolin meat is consumed by hunters and the scales are destined for the Chinese pharmacopoeia market

While the world reels from coronavirus, the next pandemic is waiting

Poached in Africa, pangolin meat is consumed by hunters and the scales are destined for the Chinese pharmacopoeia market

While the world reels from coronavirus, the next pandemic is waiting

<p>Dr Jane Goodall calls for an end to the illegal trade of wildlife</p>

Why wildlife trafficking must end

Women in Kenya walking with donkeys to fetch water

Opinion

We must invest in animals to prevent another pandemic

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Ivory ban delay ‘costing elephant lives’ as trinkets still being sold

<p>Lewis Hamilton supports Art for Animals, helping to protect biodiversity by ending the illegal wildlife trade</p>

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Lewis Hamilton supports our campaign to stop illegal wildlife trade