BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE –

March 6, 2013 On Sunday the Sixteenth Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, commonly referred to as CITES, began in Bangkok, Thailand. Meetings will run through March 14 and focus on issues including overfishing, illegal logging and wildlife crime, with timber, sharks and rays topping the agenda... http://asiancorrespondent.com/100625/ecocide-does-cites-offer-any-hope/

 AmmoLand, October 11, 2013
▶   ▶   UNBELIEVABLE !!   RHINO PERMIT TO BE AUCTIONED AT U.S. DALLAS SAFARI CLUB CONVENTION http://www.ammoland.com/2013/10/rhino-permit-to-be-auctioned-at-dallas-safari-club-convention/#axzz2hZwTD3xq

IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature at CITES Bangkok 2013 http://iucn.org/knowledge/focus/cites_bangkok_2013/

ECOCIDE PROFITS: CRIME-FIGHTING FOR THE PLANET  - Feb 25, 2013 Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.co.uk/news/ecocide_39240.html

ERADICATING ECOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH

                                                -- WATCH --

ANIMATED VIDEO:
**** END ECOCIDE IN EUROPE IN A NUTSHELL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1uTDE5tayQ

MORE ON THE WILDLIFE CRIME

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING

MORE ON DEFORESTATION

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=DEFORESTATION

MORE ON SHARK FINNING

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=shark+finning

MORE ON OVERFISHING

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING

March 1, 2013 - The Guardian Environment

The grisly trade in wild animals is underpinned by slaughter, smuggling and money-laundering. It's time to get serious

Elephant poaching in the African continent is now at its highest for 20 years, with an estimated 25,000 elephants killed in 2011.

Illegal trade in wildlife has now reached a scale that poses an immediate risk to wildlife and to people. Over the past five years, we have seen a dramatic spike in the poaching and illegal trade in elephants and rhinos. In 2011 an estimated 25,000 elephants were poached across Africa and in South Africa alone 668 rhinos were lost to poachers in 2012.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/mar/01/cites-animals-illegal-trade

 Live Science, February 05, 2014

 ▶  DRONES ENTER THE BATTLE AGAINST ELEPHANT, RHINO POACHERS - THANKS TO GOOGLE http://news.yahoo.com/drones-enter-battle-against-elephant-rhino-poachers-162137029.html

July 10, 2012 Guardian Environment
GUNS WILL NOT WIN THE WAR AGAINST ELEPHANT POACHERS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/africa-wild/2013/jul/09/guns-war-elephant-poachers?CMP=EMCENVEML1631

August 13, 2013 Guardian Environment
THE WILDLIFE POACHING EPIDEMIC:
EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT A MIND-BOGGLING 25,000 TO 40,000 ELEPHANTS ARE SLAUGHTERED ANNUALLY ACROSS THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.  RHINO POACHING UP IN 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/13/war-african-poaching-militarisation-fail

A WORLD WITHOUT ELEPHANTS - UNBEARABLE - POACHING TO EXTINCTION  http://sco.lt/6hXE5x

March 1, 2013 - The Guardian Environment
PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AT IMMEDIATE RISK FROM WILDLIFE CRIME, CITES CHIEF WARNS  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/01/people-animals-wildlife-crime

MORE ON THE TRAGEDY OF ELEPHANT SLAUGHTER

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=elephants

                                         RHINOS IN CRISIS:

POACHING AND ILLEGAL TRADE REACH HIGHEST LEVELS IN 20 YEARS                            http://sco.lt/5t5don

MORE ON WILDLIFE POACHING

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=POACHING

ENDANGERED SPECIES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/endangeredspecies