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Press Contact
Nick Sorenson
Director of Special Projects
Wildlife Alliance
202.223.6350

Press Releases

 

07 Jul 2008
Thai Authorities Training to Take Down Wildlife Trafficking Mafia
Nature Crime Investigation Course (NCIC) attracts observers from Vietnam, India and the United Nations.

09 Jun 2008
Intensive Nature Crime Suppression Training in Central Vietnam
Officers from three Central Vietnam provinces practiced surveillance, crime scene investigation, interrogations, and raid and arrest procedures at the Nature Crime Investigation Course (NCIC).

15 May 2008
Cambodian Chainsaws are Fakes, Says Manufacturer
Alarmed by reports that their chainsaws were being used to decimate Cambodian forests, manufacturer STIHL looked up the serial numbers of chainsaws confiscated by Forestry officials in Cambodia and confirmed that all of them were counterfeit.

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 Wildlife Alliance in the News

21 Jul 2008
Cambodia: Ecstasy Tabs Destroying Forest Wilderness
The production of sassafras oil, which is used to make the recreational drug ecstasy, in southwest Cambodia, is destroying trees, the livelihoods of local inhabitants and wreaking untold ecological damage.

30 Jun 2008
Otter gets new digs at Phnom Tamao Zoo
Dara, the world's only captive hairy-nosed otter, settles into his new home at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center.

24 Jun 2008
More than 1,000 snakes and rare turtles seized at airport
Thai police intercept an illegal shipment of more than 1,000 snakes and turtles at aiport.

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 Stories from the Field

 

09 Jul 2008
A new day for community based ecoturism
Wildlife Alliance's Jules Colomer takes environmental education on the road with the Kouprey Express and finds a way to blend his enthusiasm for mountain biking with a new ecotourism project in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains.

27 Jun 2008
Chi Phat Reforestation Opening Ceremony
Wildlife Alliance participates in a ceremony to launch a reforestation initiative in the community of Chi Phat.

23 Jun 2008
Taking root in Khao Yai National Park
Happenings from recent months in Khao Yai National Park, including tree planting, environmental education and the KYNP online Visitor's Sustainable Guide to the park.

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Events

20 Nov 2007 -  Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 25th 2007
International Tiger Day
Kouprey Express celebrates International Tiger Day

03 Oct 2007 -  Berkeley, CA
Confronting Cambodia's Wildlife Crisis
Presentation and discussion: Responding to Southeast Asia’s illegal wildlife trade and the threat of species extinction. Light refreshments will be provided and there will be opportunity to discuss with Mr. Marx following the presentation.

11 Feb 2008 -  National Zoo, Washington DC
Combating Global Wildlife Trafficking
Combating Global Wildlife Trafficking by Steve Galster.

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