UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020
UNODC World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment and biodiversity, but also to human health. The World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 launched today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) emphasizes the threat that wildlife trafficking poses to nature and the biodiversity of the planet. The report highlights the trafficking of some wild species – pangolins, birds, turtles, tigers, bears and many more. When wild animals are poached from their natural habitat, butchered and sold illegally, the potential for transmission of…