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🚨 HUGE new £4.17M funding for nature & communities! 🌍💚 As leaders gather at #COP16Colombia, TRAFFIC is excited to share that we’ve received a £4.17M grant from @the arcadia fund! This vital funding, supporting us through 2028, will drive key actions to combat illegal wildlife trade and build safe, legal trade in wild species—with benefits for both people and planet. Together with governments, businesses and communities, we’ll be working to help achieve Targets 5 and 9 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. From helping communities engage in sustainable trade to providing crucial data for law enforcement, this grant strengthens our ability to protect biodiversity where it’s most at risk. Massive thanks to Arcadia Fund for their support! We’re ready to make a lasting impact. Discover more 👇 #SustainableTrade #BiodiversityAction #WildlifeConservation UN Biodiversity

How can Europe go deforestation-free? 🌍🌳 Join a FREE talk today as experts from around the world dive into this and other big questions around Europe’s deforestation-free commitments. And with the vital new EU Deforestation Regulation likely to be delayed by one year, there’s lots of uncertainty to unravel. TRAFFIC’s Anastasiya Timoshyna will join the panel to shed light on the multi-billion dollar timber supply chain, alongside Ian Welsh (Innovation Forum) and industry experts Julian Oram (Mighty Earth), Issifu Issaka (Ghana Cooperative Cocoa Farmers), and Niels Wielaard (Satelligence). Don’t miss out! Sign up 👉 https://loom.ly/7pSidtw 📅 Today (7 Nov) at 1PM #DeforestationFree #SustainableSupplyChains #Timbertrade #EUDeforestationRegulation

At COP16, world leaders took important steps forward for our planet, launching groundbreaking initiatives like the Cali Fund and securing Indigenous voices in global biodiversity decisions. Yet, the journey is far from over – HUGE challenges concerning funding and monitoring remain unresolved. 🌎 In our latest article, we dive into key outcomes of this vital event and what they mean for the future 👇 #Biodiversity #COP16Colombia #NaturePositive 📸 UN Biodiversity, CC BY 2.0

The fight for the Congo Basin is on—and the stakes are higher than ever. Absorbing SIX TIMES more carbon dioxide than the Amazon rainforest, the Congo Basin is an irreplaceable natural treasure and lifeline for the world’s climate. In fact, the value of this carbon storage alone is estimated at $55 billion! Yet, almost a third of this previous ecosystem has been lost since the turn of the century, and up to 5% more is lost with each passing year, mainly due to mining and unregulated and illegal logging. Failing to stop this would bring devastating environmental, social, and security impacts to millions in Africa and across the planet. Working together with partners, TRAFFIC is on the front lines of tackling these threats —building stronger conservation networks, supporting law enforcement, and reducing illegal trade. This article by Denis Mahonghol, our Director for Central Africa, calls for stronger monitoring and shared incentives for all involved to protect our planet’s ‘second lung’. 🌍🌳 Full story in comments 👇 #CongoBasin #GlobalSecurity #Conservation 📸 Andrew Walmsley/Traffic

Can this cutting-edge platform help protect our planet’s forests? 🌲🪵🪓 The illegal timber trade—worth up to $150 billion annually—poses a grave threat to biodiversity globally. Enter TimberStats, TRAFFIC’s innovative new tool developed with M.A.P Scientific Services and thanks to Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, designed to change the game for law enforcement. By flagging suspicious trade routes and anomalies, TimberStats empowers agencies to stay one step ahead of criminal networks, helping to create a future where nature thrives. 🌳💪 Discover more 👇

A lot of media statements about COP16 Colombia have been issued this past week -- this one by Creatures United is by far the most powerful. Keep it coming Gail Gallie - we need this clear and compelling messaging.

📢  Announcement! The 5th IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Leaders' Meeting concluded in Abu Dhabi with conservation experts and leaders issuing a powerful declaration affirming that “Saving Species Sustains Life”. The declaration issued by SSC members and partners conveys the critical role of species in ensuring clean water, food security, cultural connections, economic stability, and social justice. It calls on diverse sectors to prioritise species conservation within their actions, strategies, and giving, recognising that protecting animals, fungi, and plants is fundamental to sustaining life on earth. Find more info here: https://lnkd.in/ebczsmMF #SSCLeadersMeeting2024 #WeAreSSC #ConservationWorks #BiodiversityMatters

With less than 6 years to meet the targets set by the Global Biodiversity Framework, we need to work together to accelerate action. Our current collective efforts as a global community fall far short of what is needed. The basis for this course correction needs to be ambitious revised NBSAPs and strong accountability mechanisms. We urge Parties to conclude the NBSAP revision process as soon as possible and no later than by the end of 2025. Thanks Kirsten Schuijt for reading joint NGO statement at COP16 Colombia High Level Segment from TRAFFIC, WWF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy BirdLife International, ClientEarth, and Campaign for Nature. Working together, we will secure a nature positive future.

NEW unlikely heroes in the fight against wildlife crime: giant African rats! 🐀💚 Scientists have found that African giant pouched rats can accurately sniff out illegally trafficked wildlife products like rhino horn and pangolin scales. Richard Scobey, TRAFFIC’s Executive Director, told the Financial Times: “The global trafficking of wild species is expanding, driving many species towards extinction and threatening global security and public health… Using animals to help detect illegal produce is well-tested and can very helpfully supplement a wider law enforcement strategy." With relatively short training times, these cost-effective and highly skilled rodents can help law enforcement stay one step ahead of criminal networks. Full story 👇 https://loom.ly/7oyf2Hk

Can strategic financing help end the illegal tiger trade? 🐅💰 TRAFFIC’s Executive Director, Richard Scobey, dives into how the #TigerConservationCoalition is working together to help save tigers and how smarter investments in landscapes could be key to protecting them from illegal trade 👇 https://lnkd.in/dD-WPMZd #TRAFFIC WWF-UK Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Fauna & Flora Wildlife Conservation Society Environmental Investigation Agency IUCN NATURAL STATE PANTHERA UNDP