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About IWMC World Conservation Trust
IWMC World Conservation Trust is a non-profit group that actively advocates for the sustainable use of wildlife resources across the globe. Created in 1994, it is a charitable organization incorporated in Canada and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Originally known as International Wildlife Management Consortium, IWMC is a team of dedicated professionals from every continent that is committed to wildlife conservation and the sustainable use of our valuable natural resources. Several of IWMC’s staff served in the Secretariat of CITES, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
IWMC’s primary focus is to ensure that international instruments – particularly CITES – have a positive impact on wildlife and natural habitats by instituting management measures and procedures that promote the recovery and conservation of endangered species.
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IWC 66 Press Releases
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CiTES CoP17
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Commentaries
IWMC Forum is the area of IWMC.org where friends and supporters of Sustainable Use can publish their articles and papers.
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Hunting
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- My Favourite Animal
- Cows, Chickens, Sheep declared extinct (cartoon)
- Termites Extinct in the Wild
- Authority That Comes With Your Job
- Bad Day
- Birth of IWMC in the NGO World
- Cartoon
- Climate Change
- Elephant Condom
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Media Centre
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Current News
- 2019-07-09: Zimbabwe rejects conditions on US money
- 2019-05-23: Botswana suspension on Hunting lifted
- 2019-05-23: Republic Of Bostwana: Communique - Kasane Elephant Summit
- 2019-05-01: Open letter to the Chair of CITES Standing Committee: an appeal to keep CITES CoP18 out of Sri Lanka (English, Français, Español, Arabic)
- 2019-04-22: A letter to President Masisi
- 2019-03-27: Night, Night Hunters
- 2019-01-01: Access our CoP18 content
- 2018-11-15: IWMC denounces WWF for misconstruing China’s proposed tiger and rhino trade reform process
- 2018-11-08: SADC Countries urged to take advantage of China's opening of Rhino Horn Trade
- 2018-11-07: Trade in rhino and tiger products might well save the species - Daily Maverick
- 2018-10-31: IWMC Letter to Premier Li
- 2018-09-20: Whaling Commission makes Progress with Quota Decision
- 2018-07-18: Leather International: Finding an equilibrium
- 2018-07-12: New film: A WHALE OF A TALE
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Archived News
- 2018-04-16: Dear Ellen
- 2018-04-09: Credit the Crocodile
- 2018-04-03: EU, British And American Sealing Policy Is Hypocritical And Anti Democratic
- 2018-04-03: Animal rights corporations’ attacks on Faroe Islands and Canada are a labyrinth of lies
- 2018-03-02: UN World Wildlife Day, 3rd March: On this occasion UN must Embrace Africa in Wildlife Decisions - Read online...
Download PDF in : English | Français | Español - 2018-01-11: Polar Bears How a video can tell a lie DAILY MAVERICK DEC 20 2017
- 2017-12-11: J. D. King tells how the wolf is destroying the ranching industry
- 2017-11-10: Rhino Horn Trade
- 2017-11-06: Fish Wars or Regime Shift?
- 2017-10-24: New rhino conservation approach | The Herald
- 2017-08-14: Poaching SA heads 1000 rhino killings fifth year in a row
- 2017-08-14: Laikipia squatters battle ex president Moi charities over wildlife park STAR KENYA JULY 2017
- 2017-08-09: Yellowstone grizzly bears removed from endangered species list (English | French)
- 2017-06-20: International Rhino Horn Trade Ban Failing to Stop Poaching
- 2017-06-02: Twins of Different Fathers
- 2017-05-24: Why We Must Renew Our Support for Sealing - blog by Eugene Lapointe
- 2017-04-21: Open letter to the President of the Swiss Confederation - English | Français
- 2017-03-20: The Global Cooling - Chief Editor of Radio74 News Services, Mr. Ron Myers
- 2017-03-20: Special Climate Change 2007 02 Edition Jackson
- 2017-03-13: Sustainable Fisheries Act - Ecological Realities
- 2017-03-13: Choking On Good Intentions
- 2017-03-06: Domestic Trade in Rhino Horn
- 2016-12-31: Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals - English / French
- 2016-12-12: Legislating the blind spot The EU seal regime and the Newfoundland seal hunt - Nikolas Sellheim
- 2016-10-15: "Hunting Is Conservation" Wins Out at Recent CITES CoP17 Conference
- 2016-10-04: Join the Discussion: Remarks by IWMC’s President at the Closing Ceremony of CITES CoP17
- 2016-09-30: Could a legal horn ‘harvest’ and trade save the rhino?