Tag: Wildlife Crime
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Seizures in Limerick following Joint Operation
In the course of the operation a number of specimens were seized and the agencies involved will be following on with further investigations under the relevant legislation.
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Ministers Noonan and O’Brien launch ‘NPWS in Review – 2023 – 2024’
Report highlights the NPWS’ key achievements to protect nature over the past eighteen months
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Launch of the third World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in Protected Species
The third edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report, probes trends in the illicit trafficking of protected wildlife species. It presents systematic analyses of wildlife crime harms and impacts, probes the factors driving wildlife trafficking trends, and takes stock of current knowledge about the effectiveness of the different types of intervention being pursued to resolve…
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Significant successes by NPWS against wildlife crime in 2023
Press Release from Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Published on 29 December 2023 The National Parks and Wildlife Service is making its message to protect nature clearly heard through its series of successful prosecutions in the courts this year. Forty-three prosecution cases were initiated by NPWS in 2023 for alleged breaches of wildlife legislation according…
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2,114 seizures of endangered animals and timber in major international law enforcement operation
Wildlife and forestry crime are emerging as key elements of transnational organized crime and a serious threat to global security Endangered animals including elephants, rhinos and pangolins, as well as protected timber, particularly tropical hardwoods, have been seized in a joint INTERPOL – World Customs Organization (WCO) operation to stop wildlife and timber trafficking. From…
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2 Wildlife Crime Prosecutions Relating to Birds
Minister Malcom Noonan congratulates NPWS on two successful wildlife crime prosecutions relating to birds Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD, today (16 October, 2020) congratulated the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) who secured two recent prosecutions for breaches of the wildlife legislation. At Athlone District Court on 7 October 2020 four…