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October 2015
EU as a new member of CITES: implications, opportunities and priorities
Speakers: David Morgan - Chief of CITES Governing Bodies and Meeting Services David Morgan has worked on CITES for over 30 years at the country, European and global level. In his present role in the CITES Secretariat, he will be responsible for running the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa next year Gerban Jan Gerbrandy MEP Gerben Jan Gerbrandy will be presenting the perspective from the European Parliament.…
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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…
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