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#JobOpening! One week left to apply for the #ICCWC Strategic Programme Evaluation Consultant position. 📍Remote 📅Apply by 3 May 2025 Find out more: bit.ly/3G9f77W #TogetherAgainstWildlifeCrime

📢 Just released: 2024 Annual Report of UNODC’s Global Programme on Crimes that Affect the Environment. From forests to fisheries, minerals to waste - see how we help countries respond to crime harming nature, people & the rule of law. #endENVcrime 🔗shorturl.at/MVpy2

Wildlife forensic science plays a crucial role, linking crimes to suspects through evidence. It’s vital for this science and equipment to be accessible worldwide, from crime scene to court to #EndWildlifeCrime 📘bit.ly/48sDQMZ

Though often overlooked compared to more high-profile animals like elephants or rhinos, many plants and tree species are heavily targeted in the illegal wildlife trade, for example numerous rare orchid species. 🌼 Find out more ➡️ iccwc-wildlifecrime.org

Data from the CITES trade database reveals that between 1976 and 2023, 97% of all live wildlife imports recorded in SAWEN member countries were plants; particularly orchids, spikenard, and agarwood. Despite the large scale of this trade, plant species are often overlooked.

Online registration is now officially open for #CITESCoP20! The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP20) will be held from 24 November-5 December 2025 at the Silk Road Samarkand Congress Center in Samarkand, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 More information ➡️ lnkd.in/dB_9fbvs

🔸Wildlife crime 🔸Forest crime 🔸Fisheries crime 🔸Minerals crime 🔸Waste trafficking Crimes harming biodiversity also threaten security ➡️fueling corruption, funding organized crime & destabilising communities. Protecting nature🟰protecting peace. #BiodiversityDay #endENVcrime

Tackling wildlife crime is key to protecting biodiversity. UNODC trains first responders, from the crime scene to the courtroom, to fight crimes that affect the environment and ensure justice. #EndWildlifeCrime #BiodiversityDay

DFFE in partnership with CITES and ICCWC will over the course of this week be hosting the CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force Meeting in Pretoria. #RhinoConservation #NotOnOurWatch

CITES secretary-general, Ms Ivonne Higuero states that this meeting will present an opportunity for different parties to bring together their insights, experiences in collaborating to build strategies that guide effective enforcement and bring offenders to justice.

The CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force meeting kicked off yesterday in beautiful Pretoria, South Africa, hosted by Environmentza with support from #ICCWC 🦏 Guided by CITES Decision 19.120, meeting participants will be sharing their expertise to strengthen the global

Thanks to the dedicated efforts of CITES Parties, enforcement action and conservation initiatives, progress has been made in reducing rhino trafficking 🦏 🚨 Yet it remains a serious crime. The CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force is meeting this week in South Africa 🇿🇦

CITES ICCWC An interesting start to what promises to be an exciting day 4 of the CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force Meeting. A practical demonstration and information session on Rhino horn sample collection for forensic analyses is currently underway.

This week, experts from Government of Uganda & civil society gather under the 🇪🇺-🇺🇬 Forest Partnership to assess 🇺🇬’s criminal justice response to forest crime using the ICCWC Indicator Framework. Assessment findings will be shared with MINISTRY OF WATER AND ENVIRONMENT 🇺🇬 to monitor forest crime response.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora is an international agreement which aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals & plants does not threaten the species survival. CITES entered into force 50 years ago.

This week we are celebrating 50 years of CITES! 🗨️Read CITES SG reflections: bit.ly/3Iqmzg1 🎉See the timeline of the past 50 years including #ICCWC milestones: bit.ly/3Tp6kSV #TogetherAgainstWildlifeCrime #CITES50

Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a new resolution on “Tackling Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife”, urging stronger global action to combat wildlife trafficking. It specifically acknowledged the important role of #ICCWC in supporting Member States with technical