Agenda & Featured Speakers: Keynote from Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) Introduction to the Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime John Scanlon, Chairperson, Global Initiative to End Wildlife Crime and former Secretary-General of CITES John serv …
Wildlife crime is devastating biodiversity and driving species to extinction. Often run by transnational crime syndicates, this activity, includes the taking, trading, obtaining, and consumption of wildlife in contravention of national or international …
On October 23, 2017 the Stimson Center, United States Department of State, and Michigan State University co-hosted a workshop on leveraging geospatially-enabled information to combat wildlife trafficking, one of the largest illicit markets in the world …
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This post is part of the Natural Security Forum blog, which provides quick analysis from the Natural Security Forum team and outside contributors. For more information, visit the Natural Security Forum’s micro-site at www.naturalsecurityforum.org. …
In September 2013, a Stimson Center team visited Tsavo West National Park, home to the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, a 100-square-kilometer reserve which, at the time, held around 60 of Kenya’s 650 black rhinos. Just a few dozen rangers with basic military t …
In this fourth episode of the Natural Security Podcast, the Stimson Center’s Johan Bergenas sits down with Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. Senator Coons discusses his early career in Nairobi, Kenya, and explains his work in Congress to address wildlif …
Big things are happening in the world of wildlife preservation. With species like elephants and rhinos on the brink of extinction, and terrorists and transnational organized criminals filling their coffers with the proceeds of wildlife trafficking, the …
The Stimson Center is bridging the divide between environmental crime, global security, and smart technology. The Center’s research and analysis is driving policy conversations in the U.S. and around the world, and its pragmatic engagement in the field …
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) introduced a wildlife crime bill in the United States Senate today. This is an important milestone to fight wildlife crime. The leadership of Senator Coons and Senator Flake on combatting int …
“I’m sorry, but I don’t care if Dumbo takes one to the head,” said one senior European law enforcement official to a colleague at an international meeting on transnational organized crime earlier this year. Clearly, not everyone cares about the perils …
La muerte de Cecil, el león más emblemático de la reserva de Hwange (Zimbabwe) a manos del estadounidense Walter Palmer, que pagó US$ 50.000 por cazarlo, reavivó la polémica por la falta de protección de los animales salvajes en África. -snip- “Si bien …
Winding up a hill in southern Kenya, a tracker dog is guided by a scent – past thorned bushes and through brush. -snip- “Their insurances, their connections, their income is so large that it should probably take some time to really try to squeeze these …
The illicit wildlife trade is now worth up to 20 billion dollars a year. That’s double what it was just a few years ago – worth far more than the weapons trade and approaching the rate of human smuggling. This has attracted the attention of Al Shabaab, …
Growing populations, rising resource demands, and mounting environmental pressures are putting increasing strains on global water supplies. From the Middle East to the Sahel and South Asia, stresses on the world’s crucial transboundary river basin …
For decades, politicians have left the responsibility to protect the world’s natural resources to environmental organizations and aid agencies. Yet, with environmental crime on the rise and revenue filling the coffers of the world’s worst terrorist org …
Poaching has a long history in the United States and abroad, with armed conflicts dating back to the Oyster Wars of the 1800s. But the illegal wildlife trade has skyrocketed in recent years, and the threat of species loss looms large. The tra …
Over the last several years interest in deep sea mineral resources has revived as a result of an increase in demand for metal and in metal prices; a decline in the grade and tonnage of land-based mineral deposits; and advances in seabed mining technolo …
Poaching has a long history in the United States and abroad, with armed conflicts dating back to the Oyster Wars of the 1800s. But the illegal wildlife trade has skyrocketed in recent years, and the threat of species loss looms large. The tra …
From December 5-7, the Stimson Center hosted a conference in Bangkok, with the support of the US State Department, bringing together Indian and Pakistani scientists, agricultural economists, water experts, and climate-change modelers to discuss best wa …
The Stimson Center and the Atlantic Council’s Urban World 2030 working group held a discussion around the release of Security of Cities: Ecology and Conflict on an Urbanizing Planet, a report by Peter Engelke, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Counc …
Featuring keynote remarks from Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE). Panel discussion to follow featuring defense, security and private sector perspective. Moderated by Johan Bergenas, Deputy Director of the Managing Across Boundaries Initiative, Stimson …
Since September 2013, the Stimson Center has participated in a wildlife security project researching, evaluating, and deploying technology and innovation in response to the current poaching and wildlife crime crisis. This spotlight reflects lessons lea …
Deputy Director for Stimson’s Managing Across Boundaries initiative Johan Bergenas outlines the work being done in the coming weeks in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and other partners to improve management of security threats in pre …
One year ago President Obama released a strategy for combating wildlife trafficking. Managing Across Boundaries Deputy Director Johan Bergenas discusses how Stimson has answered the president’s call through an innovative project to combat poaching in E …
For decades, politicians have left the responsibility to protect the world’s natural resources to environmental organizations and aid agencies. Yet, with environmental crime on the rise and revenue filling the coffers of the world’s worst terrorist org …
Last night at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting, Secretary Hillary Clinton revealed a number of new Commitments to Action. Included in the Commitments to Action is a project out of the Managing Across Boundaries Initiative (MAB) focusi …
Commitment by the Stimson Center: In 2014, The Stimson Center, in partnership with local and global partners and the Kenyan government, committed to designing and implementing a gold standard integrated wildlife protection technology system that …
From June 26-28, the Stimson Center hosted a conference in Kathmandu with the support of the US State Department, bringing together Indian and Pakistani scientists, agricultural economists, water experts, and climate-change modelers to discuss best wat …