With Many Plant and Animal Species ‘Hanging on by a Thread,’ UN Urges Action to Tackle Wildlife Crime

Wildlife. Credit: UNODC

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–24 May 2016 – The poaching and illegal trade of thousands of species across the globe present real environmental dangers and undermine the rule of law, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today, urging shared responsibility among the international community in tackling wildlife and forest crime.

Launching its inaugural World Wildlife Crime Report – part of an ongoing Global Programme on Wildlife and Forest Crime