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UNODC Announces Social Media Campaign and Competition in Commemoration of World Wildlife Day 2024 THEME: #BeWildForNature Wildlife is shrinking!

Press Release: Saving Wildlife through Multilateral Cooperation in Africa 20 December 2023: The impact of wildlife and forest crime across the African continent is significant and far-reaching. It degrades vulnerable ecosystems already fragilized by over-exploitation and rapid urbanization as well as weakens criminal justice systems. Organized criminal networks benefit from a lack of coordinated and harmonized response and exploit loopholes to engage in wildlife trafficking and illegal logging. ...