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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Jakarta, animal market, Java, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Jakarta, animal market, Java, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Medan, animal market, Sumatra, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Jakarta, animal market, Java, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Jakarta, animal market, Java, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Jakarta, animal market, Java, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Exotic lizards for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
    Exotic lizards for sale
  • Exotic birds for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
    Exotic birds for sale
  • Stuffed exotic animals and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree
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  • Stuffed exotic animals and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Medan, animal market, Sumatra, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Exotic birds for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Bird Trade,
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  • Exotic pet market
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  • Exotic meat trade. Photo: paul hilton
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  • A Sunda slow loris (Nycticebus coucang) or greater slow loris is pictured in the Medan, animal market, Sumatra, Indonesia.The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Exotic meat trade photo: paul hilton
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  • Monkeys are sold into the exotic pet trade on the side of a road, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • An illegally kept slow loris clings onto the bars in a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. The slow loris is targeted by poachers operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem for the exotic pet trade. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Registration of taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • An olive-backed sunbird, moves from flower to flower, North Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton /Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • An olive-backed sunbird, moves from flower to flower, North Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton /Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • An activist holds an elephant tusk in front of a pile of burnt tusks in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Burnt ivory ornaments and elephant tusks in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • An activist holds #worthmorealive sign in front of a pile of tusks awaiting destruction in Kenya. The tusks - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Ivory ornaments and elephant tusks await destruction in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4975_1.jpg
  • Registration of wildlife contraband, including Tiger Skins, at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A luwak or civet cat for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree
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  • Burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Guard stands by the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4400_1.jpg
  • Piles of elephant tusks burning. More that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns were destroyed in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4835.jpg
  • A pile of tusks awaiting destruction in Kenya. The tusks - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A guard stands by piles of tusks at the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4498_1.jpg
  • Guards in a truck full of elephant tusks awaiting destruction in Kenya. The tusks - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4590_1.jpg
  • A guard stands by the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    AT0G2187_1.jpg
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  • Stuffed tigers burning after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Bangkaru and Simeulue Islands located of the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Green and leatherback turtles nest on these islands 365 days of the year. Sadly the beaches are covered in plastic, creating another obsticale for hatchings to conquer on their way to the ocean. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Turtles on Bangkaru Islands, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Turtles are consumed every year across China, Vietnam, Indonesia and other parts of Asia. Their shells are used in TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine. Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Taxidermied Elephant feet Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A red cap lory is seen in the outskirts of Manokwari, Papua, Indoneisa.  The Rainbow Warrior is in Indonesia to document one of the world’s most biodiverse – and threatened –  environments, just three years after the Indonesian navy escorted the Rainbow Warrior II out of its territorial waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Bird Trade,
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Registration of tiger and crocodile skins and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Burning of Tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Cat taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are burnt after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
    A14I5842.jpg
  • Taxidermied tigers burning after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Piles of elephant tusks burning. More that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns were destroyed in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4806_1.jpg
  • Registration of wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
    AT0G9858.jpg
  • Registration of tiger and crocodile skins and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
    548A6536.jpg
  • A guard stands by the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4387_1.jpg
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  • Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • An activist holds a rhino horn in front of a pile of tusks awaiting destruction in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4556.jpg
  • An olive-backed sunbird, moves from flower to flower, North Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton /Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
    548A6105.jpg
  • Piles of elephant tusks burning. More that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns were destroyed in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4821.jpg
  • An activist holds a rhino horn in front of a pile of tusks awaiting destruction in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4559.jpg
  • An olive-backed sunbird, moves from flower to flower, North Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton /Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
    A14I0984.tif
  • A guard with burnt tusks. More than 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns were destroyed in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4949.jpg
  • A guard stands by the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4434.jpg
  • Taxidermied tigers burning after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A tiger skin at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earthtree
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  • Registration of wildlife contraband, including Tiger Skins, at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia before they are destroyed after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A taxidermied tiger is destroyed amongst other contraband after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • An olive-backed sunbird, moves from flower to flower, North Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton /Earth Tree Images Bird Trade,
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  • Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Tiger skin is destroyed at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia after several busts of wildlife crime syndicates that had been operating in and around the Leuser Ecosystem, the last place on earth where tigers, rhinos, elephants, and orangutans still coexist under the same canopy. The syndicates have trade routes, spanning the globe and as illegal palm oil expansion moves into the last remaining blocks of forest allowing poachers easy access to some of the last iconic species. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A guard stands by piles of tusks at the burning of more that 100 tonnes of Elephant tusks and Rhino horns in Kenya. The tusks alone - from about 8,000 elephants - would be worth more than $105 million on the black market. Conservationists worry that there is a a real threat of elephants becoming extinct in the next 50 years because of poaching bankrolled by the illegal trade in ivory. Photo: Paul Hilton
    MR7A4721.jpg
  • The burning of tiger taxidermies and other wildlife contraband at a police station in Banda Aceh. Photo: Paul Hilton Wildlife contraband is burnt in Medan, Indonesia. The black market for illegal wildlife trade is considered the biggest threat to many endangered species. Although it is controlled by laws created by member countries of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, illegal trade continues. And many species are now being pushed ever closer to extinction to satisfy huge demand for such things as medicines, collectables, pets and clothing. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Birds for sale. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • A luwak or civet cat for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Endangered Pangolin on the menu in Laos. Photo: Paul Hilton
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Bird Trade,
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • A poached monkey
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  • An orangutan at a Thailand zoo, Bangkok. The great ape trade supplies apes from all over the world to zoos and theme parks across Asia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Eastern blue tongue lizard, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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