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<p>The Government recognises that the multi-billion pound illegal wildlife trade not
only has a devastating effect on affected species.</p><p>The Government hosted a major
conference of global leaders in London in February 2014 to help eradicate the illegal
wildlife trade and better protect affected species from the threat of extinction.
25 practical commitments to action were agreed in a Declaration by the participating
states. One of those commitments was to undertake further assessment of the markets
and dynamics of the illegal wildlife trade and progress made to combat it, including
exploring links to terrorism.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office commissioned
a review of the Global Impacts of the Illegal Wildlife Trade: The Costs of Crime,
Insecurity and Institutional Erosion, which was published in February this year. This
Review found that armed non-state actors are involved with poaching. Progress on all
commitments in the London Declaration will be assessed at a follow-up Conference in
Kasane, Botswana, in March 2015.</p>
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