Global Wildlife Trade Fueled by Income Inequality and other Social Injustice

According to a recent survey, over 420 million wild animals have been traded in 226 countries over the last two decades.

Member nations are required to impose trade controls in their own countries under the convention, but opponents contend that Cites has little authority to comply with ineffective domestic legislation.

According to one survey by the non-governmental organization Traffic, between 2006 and 2015, 1.3 million living animals and vegetables, 1.5 million hides, and 2,000 tonnes of beef were legally shipped from Africa to Asia alone.

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