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  • The live food fish trade is a global system that links fishing communities with markets, primarily in Hong Kong and mainland China. Many of the fish are captured on coral reefs in Southeast Asia or the Pacific Island nations. While live food fish trade can be very profitable for those involved, there are many dangerous aspects to it. Through the use of illegal practices such as cyanide fishing, coral reefs and fish communities are put in grave danger. The process of cyanide fishing involves dissolving crushed cyanide tablets and squirting this solution from a bottle toward the targeted fish on top of coral heads. Specifically, the cyanide kills coral polyps, symbiotic algae, and other coral reefs organisms that are necessary for maintaining the health of the coral reef. These damages eventually deteriorate the coral reef and lead it into collapse of the entire coral reef ecosystem. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree images The live reef fish trade in Hong Kong. The live reef fish trade is a million dollar industry, where live fish are caught of the reefs in south east Asia and exported live to Hong Kong and Singapore. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images The live fish trade can refer to the live food fish trade (for human consumption) or to the ornamental fish trade (for aquariums). The fish can come from many places, but most comes from Southeast Asia.<br />
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The live food fish trade is a global system that links fishing communities with markets, primarily in Hong Kong and mainland China. Many of the fish are captured on coral reefs in Southeast Asia or the Pacific Island nations. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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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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  • 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 shop front displays python skins from Indonesia in Hong Kong, China, 08 October 2010. Snakeskin has become the latest must-have and designer labels including Jimmy Choo, Donna Karan, Mulberry, Gucci, Prada, Roberto Cavalli and Yves Saint Laurent have all used it in coats, bags and boots, claiming it is farmed, but according to TRAFFIC, the international wildlife trade monitoring network, python take too long to mature and are too expensive to rear in captivity. EPA/Paul Hilton Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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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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  • National Parks Board, Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority seized 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales; record combined haul of 25.6 tonnes seized within five days<br />
10 April 2019 – On 8 April 2019, the National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore Customs and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) inspected a 40-footer container that was on its way from Nigeria to Vietnam. The container was declared to have contained “Cassia Seeds”. Upon inspection, 12.7 tonnes of pangolin scales, packed in 474 bags, worth about US$38.1 million (approximately S$51.6 million) were uncovered. The pangolin scales that were seized came from two species and are equivalent to around 21,000 pangolins.<br />
This is the second seizure of pangolin scales made in just five days, bringing the total combined amount of pangolin scales seized on 3 April 2019 and 8 April 2019 to a record 25.6 tonnes. Previously in 2015 and 2016, Singapore made two pangolin scales seizures, amounting to 440kg.<br />
NParks, Singapore Customs and ICA have in place a risk assessment framework, where risk profiles and risk indicators are used to target shipment with illegal wildlife trade. There is also sharing of information amongst international agencies.<br />
Singapore is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) and is committed to international effort to curb illegal wildlife trade. Elephants and pangolins are protected species under CITES. International trade in elephant ivory and pangolin is prohibited.<br />
Under the Endangered Species (Import & Export) Act, the maximum penalty for illegal import, export and re-export of wildlife is a fine of up to $500,000 and/or 2 years’ imprisonment. The same penalties apply to transit or transhipment of illegal wildlife species, including their parts and derivatives. Photo: Handout, Singapore parks / Earth Tree Images wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • An illegally kept orphaned Sumatran Orangutan clings onto the bars in a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 9th June 2013. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP HANDOUT PICTURE ONLY.
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  • An illegally kept pangolin clings onto the bars in a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 9th June 2013. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP HANDOUT PICTURE ONLY.
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  • An illegally kept orphaned Sumatran Orangutan clings onto the bars in a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, 9th June 2013. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton/SOCP HANDOUT PICTURE ONLY.
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  • An illegally kept Slow Loris climbs around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • Exotic birds for sale. Paul Hilton for Earth Tree 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Tiger skin at a police station in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, before it is 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 / Earth Tree ( No Archives, no resales, one time use only ) 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 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims over a coral head in the Komodo National Park, Flores, Indonesia. Hawksbill turtles are particulary threatened by the wildlife trade. They are sought after throughout the tropics for their beautiful brown and yellow carapace plates that are manufactured into tortoiseshell items for jewellery and ornaments. In recent decades, eastern Asia has provided an eager market for tortoiseshell. Despite their current protection under CITES and many national laws, there is still a disturbingly large amount of illegal trade in hawksbill shells and products. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims over a coral head in the Komodo National Park, Flores, Indonesia. Hawksbill turtles are particulary threatened by the wildlife trade. They are sought after throughout the tropics for their beautiful brown and yellow carapace plates that are manufactured into tortoiseshell items for jewellery and ornaments. In recent decades, eastern Asia has provided an eager market for tortoiseshell. Despite their current protection under CITES and many national laws, there is still a disturbingly large amount of illegal trade in hawksbill shells and products. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • A Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swims over a coral head in the Komodo National Park, Flores, Indonesia. Hawksbill turtles are particulary threatened by the wildlife trade. They are sought after throughout the tropics for their beautiful brown and yellow carapace plates that are manufactured into tortoiseshell items for jewellery and ornaments. In recent decades, eastern Asia has provided an eager market for tortoiseshell. Despite their current protection under CITES and many national laws, there is still a disturbingly large amount of illegal trade in hawksbill shells and products. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Registration of tiger 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Exotic meat trade. Photo: paul hilton
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  • Exotic meat trade photo: paul hilton
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin scales for sale in TCM stores in Hanoi. Currantly, scales sells for US$700 per kilo, Vietnam. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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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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  • 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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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images
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  • Pangolin poaching, Indonesia. photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • Pangolin at the " Save Vietnam's Wildlife " rescure centre. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher processes a critically endangered pangolin for it's meat and scales, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A poacher catches a juvenile sunda pangolin in the early hours of the morning, Kalimantan, Indonesia. The demand for pangolin meat and scales used in traditional Chinese medicine in China and Vietnam is pushing the pangolin to extinction. Researchers at IUCN say that over a million pangolins were caught in the last decade, which makes them the most illegally-traded mammal in the world. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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  • A Sunda Pangolin ( Manis javanica ). Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for WildAid wildlife trade, wildlife markets, wildlife crime, wildlife market, pangpolins,
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