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CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Tags: Direct Connection elephants Global Anti-Poaching Act national security pangolins park rangers rhinos tourism U.S. Congress

U.S. flexing muscle against wildlife trafficking, terrorist groups

By Bruno Vander Velde

September 28, 2015
A bill in the U.S. Congress aims to curb the killing — and the terrorist organizations who profit.
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An Action Plan to Save One of the World’s Strangest Mammals

By Annette Olsson

July 3, 2013
Although unknown to many, this animal is among the most highly trafficked in Asia and parts of Africa.
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The Pangolin Rehabilitation Center, opened Dec 2012 as a joint effort between CI and the Forestry Administration, is a new initiative to care for injured pangolins rescued from the growing wildlife trade in Cambodia.
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Tags: Asia Asia-Pacific biodiversity Cambodia Communities forests illegal wildlife trade In the Field pangolins species

‘Scaly Anteater’ Rehab Center Opens in Cambodia

By Annette Olsson

January 30, 2013
Late last month, CI’s Cambodian Pangolin Conservation Program opened the Pangolin Rehabilitation Center (PRC) near Phnom Penh.
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