Tag: sourcing

Encouraging sustainable sourcing of wildlife products in Vietnamese traditional medicines and food supplements

On average, three African rhinos1 were poached at peak levels every day in 2015 to meet consumer demand for their horn, many of them heading to East and Southeast Asia. Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), all international trade in rhinoceros horn has been illegal since 1977; However, countries like Vietnam …