Tag: John E. Scanlon

New Data on the Sustainability & Livelihood Benefits of Python Trade Out

Agriculture, Economy September 27, 2016 MASAHUDU ANKIILU 0 Comments

Three new reports published today by the Python Conservation Partnership (PCP), a partnership between Kering, the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Boa and Python Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), reveal that the wild harvesting and farming of pythons is ecologically sustainable and results in socioeconomic benefits for poor […]

CITES welcomes UN Resolution on Tackling Illicit Trafficking in Wildlife

Agriculture, Economy July 30, 2015 MASAHUDU ANKIILU 0 Comments

Concerned over the serious nature and the increasing scale of poaching and illegal trade in wildlife and its adverse economic, social and environmental impacts, and expressing particular concern over the steady rise in the level of rhino poaching and alarmingly high levels of killings of elephants in Africa, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted […]