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ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME: A CALL TO ACTION
1% - 5%
The global value
of wildlife trade
is estimated at
$19
We must fight corruption
AND TARGET
THE CONTROLLERS
Our responses don’t
MEET THE CHALLENGE
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 1% TO
5% OF ALL POACHERS ARE CAUGHT.
RELENTLESSLY PURSUING THE
“ARMY OF ANTS”
(The individual poachers,
transporters, corrupt officials)
BILLION
HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON THE
GLOBAL TRADE IN ILLICIT
ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS.
At more than $65,000 per kilo,
rhino horn is more valuable
than gold and cocaine.
IMPORTS OF
ILLICITLY
SOURCED
WOOD-BASED
PRODUCTS
TO THE EU FROM CHINA AND
SOUTH-EAST ASIA IN 2009 ARE
ESTIMATED AT SOME
US$2.6 BILLION
30
A RHINO IS
KILLED EVERY
11 HOURS BY A
POACHER
In East Asia
and the Pacific
organized
environmental crimes
make up approximately
ILLEGAL LOGGING IS ESTIMATED
TO ACCOUNT FOR BETWEEN 50-90%
OF ALL FOREST ACTIVITIES IN
KEY PRODUCER COUNTRIES
$100 BILLION
ESTIMATED PROFITS OF
THE ILLEGAL TIMBER
INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE.
350
MILLION
plants & animals
are illegally
bought and sold
on the black market per year.
25%
AND FROM
SOUTH-EAST
ASIA TO CHINA
AT ABOUT
US$870 MILLION
IN SINGAPORE & MALAYSIA:
WILDLIFE
CRIMES
SEIZURE
OF TIGERS
VS
DRUG
CRIMES
DRUG
TRAFFICKING
24 MONTHS MANDATORY
JAIL DEATH
TERM SENTENCE
SENTENCE
THE WESTERN
BLACK RHINO
WAS DECLARED
AS EXTINCT
3/9
SPECIES OF TIGER
ARE EXTINCT,
WITH ONLY 3,500
REMAINING IN
THE WILD.
TONNES
FROM THE KENYA WILDLIFE
SERVICE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR
CORRUPT PRACTICES, INCLUDING
THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN
POACHING OF WILDLIFE.
of the total value
of all criminal
activity.
PEOPLE KILLED
15-30%
OF ALL WOOD
TRADED GLOBALLY
HAS BEEN
ILLEGALLY LOGGED
2013
180
MILLION
officers
11
hours
If we don’t act now
WE WILL LOSE
EXTINCT
Organized crime is
DRIVING US TO THE
BRINK OF COLLAPSE
A THOUSAND
PARK RANGERS HAVE BEEN
KILLED IN AFRICA BY
POACHERS IN THE
LAST DECADE
1 CITIZEN
PER WEEK
HAS BEEN KILLED GLOBALLY
DEFENDING LAND OR FORESTS
State officials distribute
permits, land
and extraction
rights as gifts
amongst
favored cronies.
OF
HAZARDOUS
WASTE
PRODUCED
is illegally exported
to nations that have
NO MEANS
OF DISPOSAL
$27
THE ITALIAN
MAFIA DUMPS
TOXIC WASTE BILLION
WORTH
A YEAR
100
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS ARE KILLED
BY POACHERS EVERY DAY
THE VALUE OF ILLEGAL FISHING
IS ESTIMATED AT
$23 BILLION
PER YEAR
AND IS FORECASTED
TO CAUSE A
COMPLETE
COLLAPSE
OF THE WORLD’S FISH
STOCKS BY 2048
WITH THE HELP OF OVER 150 EXPERTS, THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME HAS COMPLETED A
BASELINE REVIEW OF GLOBAL RESPONSES TO ORGANIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME. READ IT HERE: WWW.GLOBALINITIATIVE.NET