TRAFFIC | Trade in Wild Species
TRAFFIC is driving action to reduce illegal trafficking and enhance benefits to people from legal and sustainable trade of wild species. As a global trusted advisor, we generate evidence, analysis, and solutions to strengthen global and national policy frameworks, and build responsible and fair supply chains. Our Strategy.
TRAFFIC | Our Organisation
TRAFFIC provides evidence-based solutions through rigorous research and analysis, rooted in science, data, and our expertise. We are recognised global thought leaders who have been on the forefront of these issues for half a century. We have an international network of nearly 200 experts on the ground in Africa, Asia, Pacific, Europe, and the ...
TRAFFIC | Our Mission
Our mission is to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable, for the benefit of the planet and people. TRAFFIC’s mission is built on the long-term vision of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: a world living in harmony with nature where by 2050, biodiversity is valued, conserved, restored, and wisely used, maintaining ecosystem services, sustaining a …
TRAFFIC Bulletin - TRAFFIC - The Wildlife Trade monitoring network
The TRAFFIC Bulletin. The TRAFFIC Bulletin is the only journal devoted exclusively to wildlife trade issues. It provides the latest news on key wildlife trade issues and features original papers by experts in their fields as well as reporting on a selection of significant seizures from across the world. The journal is available free of charge ...
TRAFFIC | Global Offices and Priorities
In addition to our UK headquarters TRAFFIC operates in 15 locations across five continents. Being able to work in proximity to the governments, organisations and institutions we need to influence is key, as is working with local groups and communities to maximise our conservation impact. Explore our priorities, projects and partnerships by ...
The Wildlife Trade monitoring network - TRAFFIC
THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION. The triple threats of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate change require urgent global action. The IUCN Red List 2022 shows that there has been no reduction in the rate at which species are moving towards extinction. The World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2023 cites biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as one of the fastest deteriorating ...
TRAFFIC | Our Staff
TRAFFIC has over 170 staff working on five continents towards the shared goal of reducing the pressure of unsustainable trade on natural biodiversity. Our team includes experts from a plethora of backgrounds. Whether biologists, conservationists, academics, researchers, communicators or ...
TRAFFIC | America Office
Our US office is based in Washington DC, co-ordinating actions to develop new solutions to fighting back against wildlife crime and unsustainable wildlife trade. The Wildlife Crime Initiative, a joint project between TRAFFIC and WWF, was launched in 2014 and pioneered multi-faceted conservation approaches to tackling the poaching crisis facing ...
Strategic Priorities - TRAFFIC - The Wildlife Trade monitoring …
The pathway to achieving our goals. We work on key interventions within five priority areas to reduce illegal and unsustainable trade of wild species and increase the social, economic, and environmental benefits to people derived from legal and sustainable trade.
Working with CITES - TRAFFIC - The Wildlife Trade monitoring …
CITES is the main international agreement that controls international trade in wild animals and plants. 183 governments are currently signatories, working together to ensure that trade in wildlife specimens does not endanger their survival. Since its formation, advising and supporting the decision-making process, as well as the implementation ...