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Elephants in the Dust: the African Elephant Crisis. A Rapid Response Assessment
This rapid response assessment report brings together critical up-to-date information from the CITES-recognized systems that monitor the status of elephants, the illegal killing... -
The last stand of the gorilla: environmental crime and conflict in the Congo basin
Gorillas, the largest of the great apes, are under renewed threat across the Congo Basin from Nigeria to the Albertine Rift: poaching for bushmeat, loss of habitat due to... -
The last stand of the orangutan, state of emergency: illegal logging, fire...
The orangutans share their habitat with a wild range of other threatened and ecologically important species including the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros and Asian elephant.... -
UNEP's action to meet the challenge of illegal trade in chemicals
Environmental crime is a big and increasingly lucrative business. Local and international crime syndicates earn an estimated US$ 22-31 billion annually from illegal trade in... -
Transnational Environmental Crime - A Common Crime in need of Better...
Environmental crime typically refers to any breach of a national or international environmental law or convention that exists to ensure the conservation and sustainability of... -
UNEP in Africa
Newsletter of the UNEP Regional Office for Africa.