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The Wildlife Trafficking Phenomena and the Global Movement to Curb It
May 1, 2014 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Crawford Allan
of the World Wildlife Fund
presents
The Wildlife Trafficking Phenomena and the Global Movement to Curb It
Crawford Allan is an international expert on wildlife trafficking and trade with 24 years’ experience in wildlife conservation.
He leads TRAFFIC’s efforts to leverage North American assets to protect wildlife globally from the negative aspects of trade. Crawford has led TRAFFIC on black market investigations internationally in dozens of countries and directly supported strong enforcement action, including some of the largest seizures, major arrests and prosecutions. The author of several publications and numerous papers on wildlife trafficking, species conservation, improving wildlife law enforcement and building strong enforcement partnerships, he helps guide the development of innovative approaches to wildlife trade challenges. He helped to pioneer regional wildlife enforcement networks, including the ASEAN WEN and the Central American WEN. From 1995 to 2005 he was Chairman of the UK Government’s Forensics Working Group of the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime.
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