Posts Tagged ‘wildlife trafficking’

Why Illegal Wildlife Trade Thrives

December 30, 2010 by Keith Kloor | Filed in wildlife trafficking | 2 comments

Another wild tale from the illegal wildlife trade, this one about a Malaysian smuggler that offers a window on the illegal wildlife trade and our broken system to combat it. Underfunded law enforcement, government corruption, controversy-shy NGOs, and a feeble international legal framework have yielded few inroads against wildlife syndicates or kingpins like Anson Wong….Continue Reading…

Wakeup Call for Conservationists

December 21, 2010 by Keith Kloor | Filed in conservation, wildlife trafficking | 7 comments

Here’s a story in the latest issue of Conservation magazine that should raise some hackles: Social Scientists have long understood that corruption has disastrous effects on struggling economies and people, with the poorest suffering the brunt of that impact. What is now becoming clearer is corruption’s devastating impact on ecosystems””and on the business of conservation…Continue Reading…