CAWT partners seek to address the growing threats to wildlife from poaching and illegal trade, working individually and jointly toward achieving the Coalition's goals, with each partner acting where it can contribute most effectively. The CAWT organisation is not directly involved in any enforcement activities.
The Coalition Against Wildlife Trafficking (CAWT) aims to focus public and political attention and resources on ending the illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products
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UK, May 2011— At a CAWT Partners meeting last month the recent formation of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) was welcomed; and partners agreed to seek opportunities to assist with its operations.
March 2011—CAWT partner Wildlife Alliance has raised concern over the rampant harvesting of Thailand Rosewood in Cambodia, which the Alliance says is the number one target for illegal loggers in a trade driven by markets in East Asia.
The rugged and lush Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia are among the best preserved rainforests in South-east Asia, but are being targeted by illegal international logging networks seeking Thailand Rosewood Dalbergia cochinchinesis.
March 2011—Over 100 seizures of wildlife protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) were made in a two-week transregional operation in January and February 2011 to combat the illegal cross-border trade in great apes and other wildlife species.
Increasing wildlife crime and associated corruption is a matter of grave concern to governments and the international community; being on the frontline at international border crossings enables Customs to play a critical role in the fight against transnational organized crime which is more often than not linked to the smuggling of endangered species.
Brussels, Belgium, February 2011—a pilot scheme using sniffer dogs to detect wildlife products smuggled through Frankfurt airport has proved so successful, it is to be extended Europe-wide.
The expanded scheme will see the dogs used to detect smuggled wildlife in all Europe’s major airports, seaports and major postal distribution centres.
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