Animals

Press release CITES CoP19 n°1

The 19th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) open today, Monday, November 14, in Panama City, the capital city of Panama, and will end on Friday, November 25. The global legal wildlife trade is worth an annual minimum 100 billion dollars. Trafficking fuelled by poaching and smuggling brings in between 7 billion and 23 billion US$ each year to international mafias.

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“On the Trail” n°34, the defaunation bulletin (pdf, 271 pages – 9.5 Mo)
1,854 events with references, analysed between September 1 and December 31, 2021.
506 iconographic documents.
Twelve maps and historical archives.

In 19 days, the 19th plenary meeting of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) will take place in Panama City with the participation of Robin des Bois, the Franz Weber Foundation and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation which support “On the Trail”.

International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Press release n°3

After the mass strandings of pilot whales, gray whales and sperm whales since the beginning of the year on the beaches or in the creeks of the world ocean, now it is the turn of the International Whaling Commission to hit rock bottom. The accident was recorded in Portoroz, Slovenia, on the Adriatic coast, during and after the 68th plenary session. The international experts and NGOs who are at its bedside are trying to refloat it.

International Whaling Commission
Portoroz – Press release n°2

The ecocide of whales, out of sight and out of compassion and for the greatest profit of civilian and military industrialists, had turned the global ocean red from 1900 to 1989 before it almost died out in the year 2000. But there remain embers and resumptions of fire. Stories about the sovereignty and food supremacy of humanity and the upholding of traditional cultures are heard and still unfortunately being tolerated and even encouraged.

International Whaling Commission
Press release n°1

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been in great financial difficulty since Japan’s withdrawal in 2019. The suspension of payments is for 2025. Three options are in the pipeline to redress the balance, and Option No. 2 could prevail.

“On the Trail” n°33,
the defaunation bulletin
(pdf, 287 pages – 10.6 Mo)

Voltalia is an “enterprise à mission”, a French legal framework meaning it pursues a social and environmental purpose with sustainability goals. All the Voltalians (900) have one idea in mind, and that is to improve the global environment. One could almost speak of the “French NGO” Voltalia. It is 71% owned by the Mulliez family, owners of the brands Auchan, Decathlon, Leroy Merlin, Kiabi and Norauto. Voltalia sells electricity from natural resources such as wind, sun and rivers. The planet works voluntarily for Voltalia.

The press release published on July 6 under the authority of the Seine-Maritime Prefect has at least 2 surprises in store:

New study shows: EU frogs’ legs imports puts a serious risk to frogs in Asia and Eastern Europe