PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES A $10Million ANTI-POACHING INITIATIVE July 1. 2013 Wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion dollar illicit business that is decimating Africa’s iconic animal populations. Many species -- most notably elephants and rhinoceroses -- now face the risk of significant decline or even extinction. Like other forms of illicit trade, wildlife trafficking undermines security across nations. Well-armed, well-equipped, and well-organized networks of poachers, criminals, and corrupt officials exploit porous borders and weak institutions to profit from trading in illegally taken wildlife. whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/07/01/fact-sheet-us-efforts-combat-wildlife-trafficking “One thing we have been doing so far is raising the global profile of how bad this issue is,” Harris said. ”We’ve also had a massive diplomatic campaign, including under the leadership of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, when she was at the State Department, convening people at State and making this a big diplomatic part of our policy.” washingtonpost/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/01/obama-to-launch-major-wildlife-trafficking-initiative-in-africa/
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 01:20:24 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015