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November 2015
MEPs for Wildlife call for better enforcement measures to tackle wildlife crime
On 11th November key wildlife crime experts, representatives from the Commission, national governments and MEPs for Wildlife members' Benedek Jávor and Pavel Poc came together to examine the very serious and growing problems of the illegal wildlife trade and how the EU can tackle it. Werner Gowitzke - an expert on Environmental Crime at Europol said a great number of actors are involved in the trade, from unknowing tourist hunters, to organised crime networks. It is a low risk, high profit…
Find out more »MEPs For Wildlife – Blood Lions screening
Q&A session with South African photo journalist Ian Michler to learn about his documentary project.
Find out more »March 2016
Launch of the EU Action Plan on Wildlife Crime
On the 2nd March 2016 Catherine Bearder MEP hosted the launch of the EU's Action Plan against Wildlife Crime at the Yehudi Menuhin space in the European Parliament. The audience included MEPs For Wildlife members Benedek Jávor MEP, Stefan Eck MEP, Marco Affronte MEP and Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP. Also in attendance were delegates from the Jane Goodall Institute, BirdLife, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, the World Wildlife Fund, the Federation of Associations…
Find out more »April 2016
Protecting wildlife through international trade policy
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Find out more »May 2016
UNODC “World Wildlife Crime Report” presentation and discussion
To register please send your Name, Date of Birth, Nationality and ID or Passport number to catherine.bearder@europarl.europa.eu
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