#India: Smuggling racket busted as three people with 6,626 dried #seahorses are arrested at airport - demand for dried seahorses in South-East Asian markets primarily for use in traditional medicine loom.ly/Pz5OD9I #illegalwildlifetrade #Asia

Five mature elephant bulls have been shot by trophy hunters in #Tanzania in the past eight months, at least two of said to have been “super-tuskers” loom.ly/8uaP5nw #Kenya #elephants #hunting

➡️ The statistic: over 33 million. ⚓ This is the number of jobs the fishing industry provides to the global economy. ⛴️ With so many lives and livelihoods at stake, a transparency-based vessel tracking framework would help improve equity in decision making across large and

This little fella had a second chance at life thanks to the Sheldrick Trust. He is an orphan currently being raised at the trust and will one day join over 200 orphans who have returned to the wild. [📹 roan.carrhartley]

You may have seen this image circulating before. 📸 ⁠ We're resharing it as it commemorates the 1976 Olympics and is an important reminder that 48 years later, plastic still pollutes. Choose plastic-free reuse & refill, and help us push for systems change. #PlasticPollutes

🌊 At #GlobalFishingWatch, we believe transparency is crucial to good ocean governance. ⚓ Under a vessel tracking framework that makes information accessible to everyone it affects, we can better protect our marine resources and the people who depend on them.

Thank you Bloomberg Philanthropies - part of the founding vision and immensely supportive from that moment as we established our transparency platform and built our diverse and dispersed team and global partners.

loom.ly/uKOKkQA A recent arrest has taken place of a suspected ivory trafficker in Kenya with 185 pounds of elephant tusks. Despite government efforts to stop poaching, the demand for ivory products continues. See our work on elephants here: loom.ly/OoYTmP4

Very encouraging to see this quick action by ICCN. Will be watching the outcome of this court case closely. If a strong message is sent, this could be a pivotal turning point for ending the trafficking of #AfricanGrey #Parrots out of #DRC. World Parrot Trust

loom.ly/xD0MntI Stopping illegal wildlife trade in West & Central Africa is tough. Financial methods are limited. New project aims to understand money flows from wildlife crime. #wildlife #conservation #Africa See our investigative work here: loom.ly/CNQe05I

🌊 🥤 🐟 #PlasticPollutes #BreakFreeFromPlastic

Conservationists decry drought-hit Namibia’s plan to cull national park wild animals for meat africanelephantjournal.com/conservationis…

The Clinton Global Initiative is hosting CEO of Norway's Aker BioMarine, the world's largest krill harvester, which makes Omega-3 pills from the food of choice of Antarctic whales. A new peer-reviewed study in nature warns of "emerging human-wildlife conflict" due to fishing of krill.

Proceeds from Telefonica's bribery scheme were used to fund a $500,000 vacation for one of the Venezuelan officials in Saint Barts. While there, another $605,000 was spent on luxury watches and jewelry for the official and their spouse. apnews.com/article/venezu…

Deep-sea mining threatens to destroy seabed ecosystems and disrupt the wider ocean, global carbon cycle, and food security of coastal communities. However, the opposition to this destructive industry is growing, and there is still time to #DefendTheDeep: youtube.com/watch?v=SAVzci…

Global environmental crises have made it clear we have to move away from fossil fuels and upgrade to clean energy. We must also protect our fragile and unique deep sea ecosystems from mining, rather than destroy them. Our report shows how we can do both: ejfoundation.org/reports/critic…

Asset manager Fernando Vuteff, in a deposition to Swiss prosecutors, described feeling panicked when he learned Maduro's stepsons were behind 4 Scottish shell companies he set up. “We had to close the accounts," he said. "They weren’t normal people." apnews.com/article/venezu…

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After 500 years, Mexico City has outlawed bullfighting. Mexico City has just ended one of the world’s oldest and most polarizing traditions. In a landslide 61–1 vote, lawmakers passed a sweeping ban on killing bulls and using sharp weapons in the ring, effectively shutting down