11/10/2025
15:00 - 16:00
IUCN - The Americas - Room 1
, Onsite
Why attend
Participants will gain an overview of wildlife trafficking in Latin America, including key routes, species impacted, connections to security and governance. The session will offer insights into trends, solutions, and how the IUCN community can help prevent nature crime crisis. It will also engage participants, sharing knowledge and experiences.
Session Description
Wildlife trafficking is accelerating biodiversity loss in Latin America, a region that harbors 40% of the Earth’s species and some of its most vital ecosystems. Though poaching and illegal trade are not yet as severe as in other regions, they are quickly growing alongside habitat loss and degradation, pollution, and social inequities—pushing vulnerable species toward extinction and undermining ecological integrity and local and regional security and stability. This session will explore the contours of wildlife trafficking in Latin America, including trade routes, consumer demand, and the broader implications for ecological resilience and human security. It will also highlight opportunities for cross-border collaboration and nature-positive governance, building on IUCN’s 2025 themes and the merged motion on environmental crime (Motions 048/052), which calls for strengthened cooperation and capacity to combat nature crime and other crimes against the environment globally.Organised by
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Region
Partners
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Wildlife Conservation Society
TRAFFIC
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