Nature Crime Alliance

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! Seized in Thailand, these animals—some of the rarest species on Earth—were victims of trafficking networks that exploit Madagascar’s unique biodiversity for profit. The rescued animals include iconic and highly endangered ring-tailed lemurs and radiated tortoises, which are both only found in Madagascar. This groundbreaking repatriation is the largest ever between the two countries and highlights the incredible power of international collaboration, with Thai and Malagasy authorities working together, with support from UNODC, Wildlife Justice Commission, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Qatar Airways and Airlink, to ensure the safe return of these species to their native home. This historic homecoming sends a powerful message: together, we can combat illegal trade and give nature a fighting chance. Full story 👇 #wildlifeconservation #endwildlifecrime #madagascar

Lots of key takeaways from the various COPs...the Nature Crime Alliance have helpfully summarized some of the major initiatives and insights from COP16 in Colombia. Here are a few of them that I'm following closely: 🔹 Global Traceability for Mineral Supply Chains: Colombia is leading efforts to establish an international agreement ensuring the legality and sustainability of mineral supply chains, a crucial step toward combating illegal mining. https://lnkd.in/eViUtNJR 🔹 Focus on Financial Crime: The newly launched Environmental Crimes Financial Toolkit by WWF and Themis highlights the significance of disrupting financial networks fueling environmental crimes. https://lnkd.in/ejCz2dKa 🔹 The FACT Coalition, alongside Instituto Igarapé, Amazon Alliance for Reducing the Impacts of Gold Mining (AARIMO), and the Observatory on Illegal Mining, published a new policy paper on addressing illegal gold mining in the Amazon region. See policy brief: https://lnkd.in/eSh_b98z #NatureCrime #COP16 #EnvironmentalJustice 

🔎 Investigations into corruption and other financial crimes depend on financial intelligence – and much of that is held by private-sector institutions such as banks 🏦.   🗝️ Improving public-private sharing of financial intelligence is key to boosting investigations, prosecutions and asset recovery.   ➡️ Take 5 minutes to read our latest Quick Guide by Simon Marsh, sharing his experience on how public-private partnerships can improve the exchange of targeted information between financial institutions and law enforcement. https://lnkd.in/d4jXAT4M

We're excited to announce that AI Guardian of Endangered Species 2.0 has officially launched today! Able to identify 34 commonly traded species of animals and their products on online platforms, AI Guardian 2.0 is a pioneering initiative that leverages the power of artificial intelligence to protect our planet's most vulnerable species. 🐘🐅🦔 Developed in collaboration with IFAW and Baidu, AI Guardian 1.0 has successfully screened over 360,000 images and led to the deletion of 7,853 illegal postings. The newest AI Guardian 2.0 not only is upgraded on species scope and accuracy but also symbolizes our ambition to extend the reach of this tool to a broader user base. Check out the images below to learn more about the AI Guardian and how we’re using it to disrupt wildlife cybercrime! #WildlifeProtection #TechnologyForConservation #OfficialLaunch

Let’s make stopping crimes that affect the environment a key part of climate action, biodiversity preservation, and the circular economy. ➡️ Cut down on illegal activities harming people and nature ➡️ Strengthen ecosystem resilience 🔗https://bit.ly/3YHC73I #endENVcrime #COP29

Today is #WorldFisheriesDay. We asked Frazer McGilvray, Fisheries Consultant for the Nature Crime Alliance Secretariat, why fisheries are so important, how crimes related to fishing impact people and the planet, and how to put a stop to them. Listen to his answers below to learn more about this key resource. #iuufishing #iuu #fishing #fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #fisheriescrime #sustainablefisheriesmangagement #fisheriesday #environmentalcrime #naturecrime

On #WorldFisheriesDay, we're highlighting the essential role of multi-sector collaboration in driving greater transparency in the #seafood industry, and in the fight against #illegalfishing As Braddock Spear, Global Policy Director for the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, told us in a recent interview, “We need collaborators, we need groups from other sectors, we need alignment - particularly with governments and international organisations - to bring these systems and the industry’s influence to a global scale.” The Nature Crime Alliance is supporting these efforts, as well as the work of SFP. “The Alliance, under World Resources Institute's leadership and coordination, gives us a really impactful platform of organisations that are already aligned for fighting environmental crimes,” Braddock said. “This includes organisations that we haven’t previously worked with.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/e-yie5iB #iuufishing #iuu #fishing #fisheries #fisheriesmanagement #fisheriescrime #sustainablefishing #sustainableseafood #seafoodindustry #fisheriesday #environmentalcrime #naturecrime

Asian elephants have been categorised as endangered for nearly four decades and their cross-border commercial trade has been banned for almost 50 years. The threats posed by human-elephant conflict and habitat loss have been well documented, but less attention has been given to the threats of poaching and illegal trade. The last known study of illegal trade relating to Asian elephants was conducted in 2019 and found the illicit trade in Asian elephant skin and its products had increased online and expanded geographically. With support from the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Asian Elephant Conservation Fund, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is commencing a multiyear project to update stakeholder knowledge of the current nature, scope and scale of illegal trade threats facing Asian elephants in the GMS. The first step in this work has been to produce the literature review ‘The Forgotten Elephants’, which we publish today. Read it now at https://lnkd.in/ezAwUmB6 #elephants #asianelephant #conservation #protect #eia #report #savetheelephants

🌍 NEW TALK! 🎤 From data to action - how can trade data help stop illegal timber flows? Join experts Fred E. (TRAFFIC) & Camilo Pardo-Herrera (TraCCC) as they showcase how cutting-edge tools like TimberStats are helping law enforcement and governments combat illegal timber trade. With real-world insights from Latin America & the Congo Basin, this talk isn’t one to miss. Register for free 👉 https://loom.ly/lCar35k 📅 25 Nov | 🕔 3PM (GMT) | 💻 Zoom #TimberTrade #DataForConservation #EndIllegalTrade Terrorism, Transnational Crime, and Corruption Center (TraCCC), World Wildlife Fund, Basel Institute on Governance, Transparency International, TRAFFIC, United States Agency For International Development, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Principality Of Liechtenstein, Waverley Street Foundation

Today, November 15, is International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organised Crime.   Nature crime threatens ecosystems, robs communities and governments of resources and revenues, and undermines global biodiversity and climate goals. These crimes are often transnational and converge with other forms of serious organised crime.   During a side event at the #UNTOCCOP in Vienna, organized in collaboration with other civil society organisations (CSOs) as well as the governments of France, Peru, and the US, the former president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Dr Marcus Pleyer, highlighted the scale of profits made from environmental crimes: nearly $300 billion a year.   Read more about the side event and how CSOs can aid governments in combatting nature crime here: https://lnkd.in/ehbKB8Sn   Wildlife Justice Commission, Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, UNODC   #stoporganizedcrime #naturecrime #environmentalcrime #crimesthataffecttheenvironment #transnationalorganizedcrime #toc #untoc #convergence #crimeconvergence #COP12