The main offences under the Protection of Badgers Act, 1992, as amended by the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act, 2004, are punishable by up to 3 years imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both.
Offence to wilfully kill, injure, ill-treat or trap badgersintentionally or recklessly damage, destroy or obstruct setts which show signs of current use by badgers, including seasonal usedisturb badgers whilst they are occupying a settcause a dog to enter a sett.
Wildlife Conservation Network is dedicated to protecting endangered species and preserving their natural habitats. We support innovative strategies for people and wildlife to co-exist and thrive.
Conservation entrepreneurs showcase powerful models of resolving human-wildlife conflict, but the long-term success of these solutions requires the full-fledged commitment and leadership of local people. WCN's conservationists actively engage local people as effective stewards of their environment and work in a culturally-respectful manner to ensure that conservation skills and values will be passed on to future generations. WCN provides a network of resources to achieve this vision and invests in host nationals as the next generation of conservation entrepreneurs.
International Exposure at the Wildlife Conservation ExpoEvery October, all WCN-supported conservationists from around the world come together for our largest event, the Wildlife Conservation Expo. The Expo gives them the opportunity to share their work and build public awareness of the great challenges their species face.
TRAFFIC - the wildlife trade monitoring network, works to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature.
Oxford, UK 23 December 2009—More than 35 million animals listed in CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) were exported from Southeast Asia between 1998 and 2007, according to a study published this week in the journal Biodiversity and Conservation.
The top animal groups traded were reptiles (17.4 million), seahorses (16 million), birds (1 million), mammals (0.4 million), butterflies (0.3 million) and fish (0.1 million). There were also more than 18 million pieces and 2 million kg of live corals exported. http://www.traffic.org/
National Site Protection Measures
Part II of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Act provides the principle national site protection designation in England and Wales called
Sites of Special Scientific Interest or SSSIs.
There are over 4,000 Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in England, covering around 7% of the country's land area. Over half of these sites, by area, are internationally important for their wildlife, and designated as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) or Ramsar sites. Many SSSIs are also National Nature Reserves (NNRs) or Local Nature Reserves (LNRs).
