L'évolution de la guerre contre le commerce illégal d'espèces sauvages

This briefing by the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines the evolution of international efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade, focusing on the role and limitations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

• The illegal wildlife trade is a highly lucrative global enterprise, with an estimated annual value between 7 and 23 billion USD. It is ranked as the fourth largest illegal trade worldwide, following narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking.
• Illegal wildlife trade is linked to the spread of zoonotic diseases, including the SRAS-CoV-2 virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, due to a lack of appropriate health controls.
• CITES, in effect since 1975, is the only international convention addressing both legal and illegal trade of wild flora and fauna specimens, currently providing various levels of protection to over 37,000 species.
• CITES has limitations in fighting wildlife crime because it was not designed as a crime convention and does not require member countries to make illegal wildlife trade a criminal offense.
• To overcome its limitations, CITES has established partnerships with specialized organizations, including INTERPOL, the World Customs Organization (WMO), and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), leading to the 2010 creation of the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC).
• There are increasing calls for a new, standalone international instrument to combat wildlife crime. Proponents argue that CITES is overstretched and that a legally binding regime based on international criminal law, rather than commercial law, is needed to address corruption and species not listed by CITES.

APA

Rosen, T. (2020). L'évolution de la guerre contre le commerce illégal d'espèces sauvages. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-04/still-one-earth-wildlife-trade-FR.pdf

Chicago

Rosen, Tanya. L'évolution de la guerre contre le commerce illégal d'espèces sauvages. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2020. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-04/still-one-earth-wildlife-trade-FR.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{rosen2020lvolution, author = {Rosen, Tanya}, title = {{L'évolution de la guerre contre le commerce illégal d'espèces sauvages}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2020}, month = oct, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-04/still-one-earth-wildlife-trade-FR.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }