Stopping illegal wildlife trade means engaging local communities

Planet Indonesia executive director and founder Adam Miller together with the staff of Planet Indonesia in its field work. Photo: Handout

From the illegal trafficking of pangolin scales and rhino horns to the smuggling of live corals, the 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019) was replete with tales of the grim and increasingly depressing wildlife trade around the world. The conference was held in Kuala Lumpur for the first time, from July 21-15.

(See story on the conference here. Photo above shows Planet Indonesia executive directorÂ