Japan is one of the world’s largest importers of wildlife and thus benefits greatly from global biodiversity. Japan’s long history of trade in ivory, fragrant agarwood and other wildlife products from ...

By Carolyn Cowan A glut of social media videos featuring captive Asian small-clawed otters in the mid-2000s led to what wildlife trade experts term “the pet otter boom.” Demand for the species ...

Look, we all know otters are cute as heck, with their big eyes and sharp little teeth. But just because an animal is cute does not mean you should bring it home with you. Unfortunately, this fact ...

"Disruptions at any stage — especially through overharvesting of glass eels — can collapse the entire population structure," ...

While Japan is in the Olympic spotlight, ... The growth of wildlife trafficking by sophisticated criminal syndicates has heightened our conviction that the world must speak with one voice.

Wildlife Experts Weigh in on Japan's Obsession With Smuggled Pet Otters. They make bad pets, anyway. ... a non-governmental organization that monitors the wildlife trade, ...

In 1994, international pressure finally forced Japan to withdraw its reservation. Hawksbill imports immediately spiked, according to Traffic, the wildlife trade-monitoring organization, as ...

Online wildlife trafficking in other places like the U.S. and Japan doesn’t get as much attention, she says. “The coming 10 years could be the last window period for countries to act together ...

Tokyo, Japan, June 2017–Late last month, Japan’s Diet (Parliament) passed revised legislation tightening regulations on domestic wildlife trade, including those governing ivory trade. Under the ...

Wildlife trafficking is a crime against nature which occurs mainly because of consumer demand.Trafficking refers to the illegal smuggling and continued exploitation of wild animals, plants or timber.