Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce

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TRAFFIC International
logo
legal form registered association
("registered charity")
founding 1976
founder WWF , IUCN
Seat Cambridge
main emphasis Species protection
people Steven Broad
( Executive Director )
Employees > 100
Website www.traffic.org

TRAFFIC ( Trade Records Analysis of Flora and Fauna in Commerce ) is an international organization that observes the trade in endangered animal and plant species and is committed to their preservation. It was founded in 1976 as a cooperation between WWF and IUCN and has its headquarters in Cambridge . The focus of TRAFFIC's activities is on sustainable fishing and the use of medicinal plants, woods and animals in medicine, cosmetics, the food and textile industries.

history

In the 1970s, documentation and control of the trade in endangered animal and plant species became more important. Therefore, the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) founded the TRAFFIC network together with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). The organization was initially structured as a specialist group of the IUCN that collected reports of violations of species protection agreements and passed them on to the responsible authorities. In 1977 TRAFFIC was upgraded to an official unit of the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Center . In 1981 "TRAFFIC International" was established as the official name of the organization. From 1982 to 1990 the organization did not exist in its current form, instead the corresponding UNEP office coordinated the activities. In 1990 TRAFFIC International was restored.

organization

TRAFFIC International is a UK registered non-profit organization. The organization coordinates the work of the national and regional offices officially recognized by the organization. The association is managed by an executive board, whose chairman ("Executive Director") is currently Steven Broad. As of July 2017 According to its own information, TRAFFIC has over 100 employees worldwide who work on five continents. In the 2014/2015 financial year, income was £ 4.8million and expenses were around £ 4.6million.

In 1979 the national section of WWF established the first regional TRAFFIC office in the United States . By the year 2000 the number of locations rose to 21; today, according to information on the TRAFFIC website, there are 16 national and regional offices in addition to the head office. Seven of these are in Asia, five in Europe, three in Africa and one in North America. The association has been active in Europe since 1981; the first office was opened in Brussels in 1990. TRAFFIC is also active in Germany, where the organization documents, for example, the illegal importation of protected animal and plant species via Frankfurt Airport . National and regional offices are often located on the premises of the WWF or the IUCN.

activities

The TRAFFIC program has four main goals: The trade in protected animal and plant species should be effectively regulated. In addition, positive economic and social incentives should be set for sustainable use. Both the consumer and the most important decision-makers should become aware of the concerns of the organization. The program is intended to be part of the strategy to protect biodiversity . Public relations play an important role in this: the organization regularly publishes recommendations for action which, according to the WWF, have led to a significant improvement in protection in the case of medicinal plants, for example. In addition, the so-called TRAFFIC Bulletin is the only scientific journal on the trade in endangered animal and plant species.

Cooperation with international authorities is essential for the success of TRAFFIC. For example, the association helped with the implementation of the Washington Convention on the Protection of Species in the Federal Republic of Germany and also trained customs in this context. In addition, TRAFFIC developed the “Bad Ivory Database System” (BIDS) to record confiscated ivory . The system was critical in combating illegal trafficking. The “Elephant Trade Information System” (ETIS) later emerged from BIDS.

In recent years, TRAFFIC has increasingly focused on China, especially due to its effects on the entire Asian region.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What we do. TRAFFIC, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b The international species protection program of WWF and IUCN. (PDF) WWF Germany, September 2006, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Klaus-Henning Groth (Ed.): The great book of the WWF . Edition Rasch & Röhring, Steinfurt 2003, ISBN 3-934427-37-5 , p. 130-131 .
  4. ↑ Thomas Gehring, Sebastian Oberthur (Ed.): Internationale Umweltregime . Springer, Wiesbaden, ISBN 978-3-663-10392-9 , pp. 177 .
  5. ^ A b c Meg Gawler: External Review - Final Report. (PDF) November 2003, pp. 11–13 , accessed on July 10, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Catharine E. Bell (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the World's Zoos . tape 3 , p. 1254-1255 (R-Z).
  7. ^ The Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved July 10, 2016 (English, no.1076722).
  8. ↑ Steven Broad. (No longer available online.) Cambridge Conservation Initiative, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.conservation.cam.ac.uk
  9. ↑ Who we are. TRAFFIC, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  10. ↑ TRAFFIC International: Annual Return . February 29, 2016 ( Charity Commission [accessed July 10, 2016]).
  11. ↑ a b c Contact. TRAFFIC, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  12. ↑ a b Europe: consumer and supplier of protected species. (PDF) WWF Germany, September 2006, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  13. ↑ The international protection organization Traffic is also active in Germany . In: Darmstädter Echo . April 30, 1999.
  14. ↑ Programs. TRAFFIC, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Bulletin. TRAFFIC, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Successes in international species protection. (PDF) WWF Germany, accessed on July 10, 2016 .
  17. ↑ a b What is ETIS? In: The Elephant Trade Information System. Retrieved July 10, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Murray E. Fowler, Susan K. Mikota: Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of Elephants . Blackwell, Iowa 2006, ISBN 0-8138-0676-3 , pp. 482 (English).
  19. ↑ TRAFFIC. WWF, accessed July 10, 2016 .