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![A new report provides a helpful road map for coordinating actions locally, nationally, and globally to address the root causes of these illegal activities. It also suggests measures to help countries strengthen their national capacity to address these crimes and to elevate efforts to protect their natural resources. Photo: Izzul Ahmad/Shutterstock. Staff at a government-run waste management facility outside Seremban, Malaysia arrange seized ivory tusks before destroying](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_wbg_illegal_ivory.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=FWBZEjx6)
The real costs of illegal logging, fishing, and wildlife trade: $1 trillion–$2 trillion per year
Illegal logging, fishing and wildlife trade rob the world of precious natural resources – and ultimately of development benefits and livelihoods. The statistics are grim: an elephant is poached for its tusks about every 30 minutes, an African rhino for its horn every 8 hours, one in five fish is…