Tackling illegal wildlife trade in Africa

EIA campaigners have facilitated a high-level international workshop in Nigeria to bolster efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade by sharing resources and ideas. The four-day event – Strengthening International Cooperation to Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking in West and Central Africa – took place in the capital Abuja. The workshop was attended by more than two dozen experts and representatives from government, law enforcement and NGOs hailing from Cameroon, Nigeria and the Republic of the Congo.

Fish bladder trade threat to last 10 vaquitas

A thriving illegal trade in the swim bladders of endangered totoaba fish is helping to drive the vaquita porpoise to the brink of extinction. Our new report On Borrowed Time revealed that the trade now appears to be strong and flourishing on social media.