Monthly Archive: July, 2021

Canada launches consultation on stricter measures for elephant ivory trade

By Cision OTTAWA, ON, July 23, 2021 /CNW/ – Here in Canada and around the world, biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates. Since 1980, the number of elephants in Africa has fallen from 1,3 million to just over 400,000—a decline of 70 percent. Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, launched a 60-day consultation to garner feedback from Canadians on a potential revised approach...

“It Doesn’t Fly with Us”: New campaign sees aviation industry stepping up to protect threatened wildlife

By Michelle Owen, International Airport Review Poaching through a Pandemic Reports of wildlife seizures over the course of 2020 have revealed that, despite restricted travel, traffickers are still taking opportunities to smuggle contraband through the air transport system. But, although these reports highlight continued illicit activity, they also demonstrate successful law enforcement and highlight that, when aviation companies and law...