Assists with general species identification. Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed. The app shares community findings with scientific data repositories like the Global Biodiversity Information Facility to help scientists find and use community data.

A community of conservation practitioners, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, academics, researchers, social marketers and advertisers who believe that behavioural science approaches can help to reduce demand for illegally traded wildlife products.

The tool helps to assess wildlife markets and trade situations in the Asia-Pacific region to risks of future zoonotic outbreaks. The framework is intended to provide guidance to the region’s governments to assess the relative risk of potential new incidents of serious emerging infectious diseases associated with the trade in wildlife. The risk matrix, published in the One Health scientific journal, will initially be used to analyze wildlife markets in the Asia Pacific region. The evaluation tool recognizes the connection between people, nature and their shared environment, and provides a way for policy makers to take a holistic approach to ecosystem, animal and human health.

Visualises CITES trade data over time, by species or by country.

CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. The Checklist of CITES Species allows the exploration of more than 36,000 species of animals and plants and their degree of protection.

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Trade Database, managed by the United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEPWCMC) on behalf of the CITES Secretariat, is unique and currently holds over 13 million records of trade in wildlife and over 34,000 scientific names of taxa listed in the CITES Appendices. Around a million records of trade in CITES-listed species of wildlife are currently reported annually and these data are entered into the CITES Trade Database (an Oracle relational database) as soon as they are received by UNEP-WCMC. CITES annual reports are the only available means of monitoring the implementation of the Convention and the level of international trade in specimens of species included in the CITES Appendices. The CITES Trade Database can be queried and data downloaded from the CITES website (www.cites.org) or the UNEP-WCMC website (http://unep-wcmc.org/citestrade). You can contact UNEP-WCMC directly (see Annex 6 for contact details) if you have a specific data request that you are unable to answer using the online data querying facilities.

Species+, developed by United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centres (UNEP-WCMC) and the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Secretariat, is a website designed to assist Parties with implementing CITES, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) and other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Species+ provides a centralised portal for accessing key information on species of global concern. In particular, Species+ contains information on all species that are listed in the Appendices of CITES and CMS, as well as other CMS Family listings and species included in the Annexes to the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.

The information contained within this book was originally developed for the wildlife law enforcement community in connection with its mandate to enforce international endangered species trade regulations and restrictions. Thousands of copies of previous editions of this guidebook have been distributed in three languages throughout the world. The goal is to provide wildlife law enforcement officers, scientists and managers with a visual and non-destructive means of tentatively identifying the authenticity and species origin of suspected ivory for enforcement purposes, including a “probable cause” justification for seizure of suspected illegal material, at ports of entry. Emphasis also remains on carved ivory, mostly because whole teeth are easily identified.

Identification guide for traditional Asian medicines in trade made to assist enforcers with determining which medicines and ingredients are legal or illegal, in the context of the cases they adeal with. The majority of law enforcers have no knowledge of Chinese characters and the many forms that these medicines take. This guide is primarily for law enforcers based outside Asia, in countries where large volumes of traditional Asian medicines are imported. The regions where this version of the guide may be of most use include Europe, North America and Australasia.

A reference system linking information on trees and their global trade, especially species at risk of over harvesting. The system integrates data on taxonomy, conservation, geography, and trade regulations, all acquired from online databases or primary literature. Intended users include professionals or enthusiasts working with forest resources and their sustainable use.