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Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

Broadly speaking, wildlife crime is the illegal exploitation of the world’s wild flora and fauna. (Source: Interpol)

Hierarchy

Broader: Offences
Narrower: Illegal fishing
Related concepts from Law and Environment Ontology:

In other languages

French
criminalité liée aux espèces sauvages
Russian
преступление против живой природы
Spanish
delito contra la vida silvestre
Arabic
جريمة ضد الأحياء البرية

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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Wildlife crime

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with Wildlife crime. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
Convention on Migratory Species
United Nations Environment Assembly