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In this new Podcast, I'm talking with Earth League International Founder and Executive Director, Andrea Crosta. A man who wears many hearts and is so passionate and knowledgable with matters of wildlife Crime, and with a proven track record as well. We dive into his early childhood and how he got himself involved in the world of Conservation, founding Earth League International, and what his role as ED entails. We also talk through aiding factors leading to increased wildlife crime, the four types of crime convergence and their intersection, and so much more! Enjoy and learn!

Leland Lazarus joins Juliet to talk about Chinese and Taiwanese engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean, from official diplomatic activities to BRI projects to transnational organized crime. Leland Lazarus is the Associate Director of National Security at Florida International University's Jack D. Gordon Institute of Public Policy. He is an expert on China's relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, and manages a team of researchers and interns that collect data and analysis on U.S. national security and governance in the region. Fluent in both Mandarin and Spanish, he holds an M.A. in U.S.-China Foreign Policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a B.A. in International Relations at Brown University. His past experience includes work in the U.S. Embassy for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, the U.S. Consulate General in Shenyang, China, and former work as an Associate Producer at China Central Television and as a Fulbright Scholar in Panama. Recommendations:Leland:Earth League International's work, particularly that of Andrea Crosta, founder, executive director, and board memberChinese Activities in LAC Dashboard (soon to release 2.0)FIU flagship conference: Hemispheric Security Conference on May 9 and 10Juliet:China in Global Capitalism: Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry by Eli Friedman, Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Ashley Smith (coming June 2024)

With over 30 years of experience in conservation, wildlife protection, environmental/wildlife crime investigations, management of nonprofit organisations, Andrea Crosta also has a broad cross-functional expertise in researching and investigating Environmental Crime Convergence including money laundering, human smuggling, narco-trafficking, corruption, transnational trafficking of wildlife and natural resources, transnational trafficking networks linked to organised crime, conservation, environmental/wildlife protection, and intelligence. He is the founder of Earth League International, the first intelligence agency for Earth.

With as many as a million plant and animal species expected to vanish by 2050, the time is now to intervene and reverse the tide…before it is too late. Andrea Crosta is the founder of the non-profit Earth League International, an “Intelligence agency for Earth,” which protects wildlife, oceans, and forests through intelligence-gathering, research and investigative operations. ELI collaborates with governmental agencies and helps bring down illegal wildlife traffickers, their networks, and those engaged in the “criminal exploitation of nature.” Their work has resulted in the arrest of a jaguar-fang ring in Bolivia and helping the Mexican government pursue the “Cartel of the Sea,” which trafficks sea cucumbers and totoaba. Alec Baldwin speaks with Andrea Crosta about the experiences that led him to this work, what it's like meeting wildlife traffickers face to face, and why we are in a “now or never” moment for our ecosystem.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fishermen dying mysteriously off the coast of Japan. Entire populations of sea animals disappearing. Despite decades of work by the international community, the high seas remain law enforcement's biggest blind spot, and the site of environmental crimes whose effects reach around the world. But some people are attempting to stop these crimes: We follow the investigations of two private-citizen sleuths, one using satellites to expose massive but previously untraceable illegal fleets, another using spycraft to infiltrate a criminal network of poachers and smugglers operating on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.This episode features Sara Mitchell, professor of political science at the University of Iowa; as well as Jaeyoon Park of Global Fishing Watch and Andrea Crosta, founder and Executive Director of Earth League International.

Andrea Crosta is the executive director and co-founder of Earth League International, an NGO that fights wildlife and environmental crime. Crosta joins Preet to discuss the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and rhino horns, as well as efforts by Earth League International to investigate the criminal wildlife trade.    References & Supplemental Materials: Website for Earth League International “Earth League International Hunts The Hunters,” The New Yorker, 5/15/23 Stay Tuned in Brief is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Please write to us with your thoughts and questions at letters@cafe.com, or leave a voicemail at 669-247-7338. For analysis of recent legal news, try the CAFE Insider membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. Check out other CAFE shows Now & Then and Up Against the Mob.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex meets with Andrea Crosta, the Executive Director of the first intelligence agency for Earth: Earth League International. His team combat international wildlife crime by gathering intelligence on the world's kingpin wildlife criminals and sharing it with government agencies. They discuss ELI's approach to bringing down wildlife trafficking operations, how to define success when working for a cause, why hope is overrated, what humans can learn from animals and how to think about where to put your money if you're considering donating to an organization. If you'd like to support the show, you can do so on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/alexharaus Host & researcher: Alex Haraus, Editor: Mitch Etter, Music: Ollella

Andrea Crosta is the Founder and Executive Director of Earth League International (ELI). Earth League International was created 12 years ago as an NGO and became the first Intelligence Agency for the Earth, triggered by Andrea's experience of working in security in Kenya and being exposed to the scale of the elephant poaching crisis. His story is an intense human centred and purposeful example of one person becoming a force for good. Andrea soon realised that investigating poaching and ivory trafficking at a local level would lead him to links with international terrorist funding and organised crime syndicates. Andrea saw the convergence of environmental crime with more serious crime across geographic boundaries and realised he needed to build the capability of ELI to be able to investigate complex networks, so he recruited former FBI, CIA and undercover operative to be able to continue this work. Through Andrea's leadership and passion, he began advocating for global law enforcement agencies and governments to understand the criminal convergence of these two worlds. He recruited people who believed passionately about the purpose of ELI where the meaning was their money. Andrea tells the story of their first ever investigation into Jaguar parts trafficking, especially fangs and bones for the illegal black market as fake tiger parts. Very soon that investigation led to the criminal networks involved at a global scale and a trade worth millions of dollars.The work of ELI in creating Confidential Intelligence Briefs for major law enforcement agencies has changed the nature of environmental crime investigations and prosecutions in pursuit of their purpose of becoming Earths' first intelligence agency to protect our planet. Hope is not part of Andrea's vocabulary as his work is non-negotiable. You can see more about the work of Earth League International in two documentaries on Netflix and National geographic. ‘Sea of Shadows' and ‘The Ivory Game' www.earthleagueinternational.orgDon't miss this episode.

For Spear Talk episode 104, we once again welcomed Andrea Crosta back to the show! Andrea is the founder of Earth League International, which is an organiaztion that uses intel to track and stop the illegal trafficking of wildlife. You can see Andrea and his team in two incredibile documentaries, "Sea Of Shadows" on Hulu and "The Ivory Game" on Netflix. In our discussion we covered how the last year has played out in terms of intel and trends as it pertains to the traffickers, how animal trafficking is tied into the illegal drug and human smuggling trades, how the Sea Of Cortez is still an issue as it pertains to the hunting of totoaba and subsequent killing of the vaquitas, the endangered species list, what it takes to bring awareness and funding to ELI, and so much more! #andreacrosta #wildlife #savetheanimals Follow @speartalkpodcast on Instagram for all things podcast!   @johnsilverspear is the host / COO of Silver Spear Security, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, undercover investigator, Andrea Crosta, takes us behind the scenes of two enthralling films, Sea of Shadows (National Geographic) and The Ivory Game (Netflix). Andrea also discusses his organisation, Earth League International, which operates across three continents relentlessly uncovering the illegal wildlife trade. We will learn of covert operations across the globe, including revealing those responsible for the near extinction of the Vaquita and exposing traffickers who are fuelling the illegal ivory trade. Andrea's personal story is as fascinating as his stories from the field and certainly not to be missed. 

Vanessa Kirby meets Andrea Crosta, a dotcom tycoon turned undercover activist and elephant saviour. Confronted with the brutality of the illegal ivory trade, Andrea made it his mission to make a difference - by any means necessary. How hard would YOU fight for what you believe in? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by James Trew. Music by Nick Ryan

Italian entrepreneur & director of Earth League International Andrea Crosta sat down with HFPA journalist SIlvia Bizio to discuss the documentaries: The Ivory Game and Sea of Shadows, both executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Richard Ladkani. They also discuss recruiting former undercover operatives and FBI, CIA, & crime analysts to investigate environmental crime, how the spread of viruses like Covid are connected to environmental issues, the importance of oceans, and more.

The vaquita is the world’s smallest and most endangered porpoise. With an estimated wild population of less than 10, it is arguably one of the most endangered animals on the planet.In recent years, an estimated $100m has been spent by governments, NGO’s and conservation bodies to protect the species. Yet numbers have plummeted from several hundred ten years ago to the lows of today.What is driving their imminent extinction? They are little more than collateral damage in the persistent totoaba swim bladder trade, a delicacy in the east. Mexican cartels manage the poaching operations in the sea of Cortez, the vaquita’s last remaining habitat, while Chinese crime syndicates deliver the dried bladders to the east where it commands a price tag of over US$40 000 per kilogram.Earth League International, lead by Andrea Crosta, recently achieved a massive result against these horrific odds. After gifting Mexican officials with sufficient evidence to bring the syndicates to book, they arrested several leaders in the poaching cartels. A huge win no doubt, but the intelligence provided gave a route to the top – the Chinese syndicate bosses. But the arrests stopped at a local level. Why?Andrea knows why, and I agree with him. Environmental crime is treated as a conservation crisis, not the criminal enterprise it actually is. This is part one of a discussion with Andrea about the need for a greater intelligence based approach to the global pandemic of wildlife crime.To learn more, please watch the award winning documentary, Sea Of Shadows. It is an epic portrayal of Andrea and his team’s commitment to save the vaquita.

For our 20th talk, we had the honor of doing a deep dive into the world of animal conservation and the trafficking of animals with our friend, Andrea Crosta!Andrea is the executive Director of Earth League International and the creator of Wildleaks! You can see his team work in two documentaries: The Ivory Game (Netflix) and Sea Of Shadows (Hulu).***********Follow @silverspearsecurity for all things Silver Spear Security, LLC. @johnsilverspear is the host / COO of Silver Spear Security, LLCFollow @andreacrosta_official  and @eartleagueint for all things Andrea and Earth League International! 

En un momento en que nos bombardean con información de COVID-19, llega un momento de claridad y una advertencia que no podemos permitirnos ignorar. Conéctese a través de Skype con la ícono de la conservación Jane Goodall, el controvertido activista marino Paul Watson y un elenco de expertos en cuarentena en oficinas domésticas y salas de estar de todo el mundo, para escuchar sus perspectivas sobre nuestra peor pesadilla hecha realidad. Mientras se echan acusaciones y culpas a los fracasos de los gobiernos; a medida que se multiplican las conversaciones sobre encubrimientos y conspiraciones; Invitamos al público a cambiar de enfoque. En esta película preguntamos: ¿quién está realmente detrás de la pandemia? Esta no es solo una historia de hoy. No hay nada nuevo en los virus que pasan de los animales a los humanos y causan enfermedades mortales. David Quammen, autor de un libro escrito en 2012 que advierte sobre la próxima pandemia humana, nos recuerda virus mortales como el Ébola, MERS, Hendra y West Nile. El tamborileo continúa con el SARS-COV 2. La diferencia es que éste está afectando a todo mundo. Según Paul Watson, "este está afectando a los blancos" Los científicos con experiencia práctica en enfermedades zoonóticas emergentes como Tracey McNamara, quien descubrió el virus del Nilo Occidental en Nueva York en 1999, ven las lecciones para hoy. Durante décadas, ella y otros expertos han pedido a los gobiernos que conecten la salud humana, animal y ambiental. Gaste más dinero en vigilancia, insta Tracey, o no detectaremos la próxima amenaza viral "hasta que tengamos muchas personas en una sala de emergencias o cadáveres en la morgue". ¿Por qué el título? ¿Quién sabía qué era un pangolín antes de esta pandemia, antes de los informes de que puede o no ser portador del SARS COV 2? El activista chino Jinfeng Zhou muestra imágenes exclusivas de pangolines que padecen presuntos coronavirus meses antes del brote. Pero, dice, incluso si el pangolín no es la fuente de este coronavirus del SARS, se ha convertido en el símbolo de esta pandemia. Y el pangolín se ha convertido en el símbolo de nuestra película, un símbolo del tráfico ilegal y brutal de vida silvestre dirigido por delincuentes organizados. La investigadora de delitos contra la vida silvestre Andrea Crosta nos lleva al punto de partida. En las selvas de Gabón, en un campamento de cazadores furtivos, la luz de las antorchas ilumina los cadáveres de los animales sacrificados apiñados unos encima de otros, mezclando fluidos corporales. Aquí existe la posibilidad de que los virus mortales salten de especies. Andrea lo compara con una caja de Pandora. Hemos abierto esa caja.

En un momento en que nos bombardean con información de COVID-19, llega un momento de claridad y una advertencia que no podemos permitirnos ignorar. Conéctese a través de Skype con la ícono de la conservación Jane Goodall, el controvertido activista marino Paul Watson y un elenco de expertos en cuarentena en oficinas domésticas y salas de estar de todo el mundo, para escuchar sus perspectivas sobre nuestra peor pesadilla hecha realidad. Mientras se echan acusaciones y culpas a los fracasos de los gobiernos; a medida que se multiplican las conversaciones sobre encubrimientos y conspiraciones; Invitamos al público a cambiar de enfoque. En esta película preguntamos: ¿quién está realmente detrás de la pandemia? Esta no es solo una historia de hoy. No hay nada nuevo en los virus que pasan de los animales a los humanos y causan enfermedades mortales. David Quammen, autor de un libro escrito en 2012 que advierte sobre la próxima pandemia humana, nos recuerda virus mortales como el Ébola, MERS, Hendra y West Nile. El tamborileo continúa con el SARS-COV 2. La diferencia es que éste está afectando a todo mundo. Según Paul Watson, "este está afectando a los blancos" Los científicos con experiencia práctica en enfermedades zoonóticas emergentes como Tracey McNamara, quien descubrió el virus del Nilo Occidental en Nueva York en 1999, ven las lecciones para hoy. Durante décadas, ella y otros expertos han pedido a los gobiernos que conecten la salud humana, animal y ambiental. Gaste más dinero en vigilancia, insta Tracey, o no detectaremos la próxima amenaza viral "hasta que tengamos muchas personas en una sala de emergencias o cadáveres en la morgue". ¿Por qué el título? ¿Quién sabía qué era un pangolín antes de esta pandemia, antes de los informes de que puede o no ser portador del SARS COV 2? El activista chino Jinfeng Zhou muestra imágenes exclusivas de pangolines que padecen presuntos coronavirus meses antes del brote. Pero, dice, incluso si el pangolín no es la fuente de este coronavirus del SARS, se ha convertido en el símbolo de esta pandemia. Y el pangolín se ha convertido en el símbolo de nuestra película, un símbolo del tráfico ilegal y brutal de vida silvestre dirigido por delincuentes organizados. La investigadora de delitos contra la vida silvestre Andrea Crosta nos lleva al punto de partida. En las selvas de Gabón, en un campamento de cazadores furtivos, la luz de las antorchas ilumina los cadáveres de los animales sacrificados apiñados unos encima de otros, mezclando fluidos corporales. Aquí existe la posibilidad de que los virus mortales salten de especies. Andrea lo compara con una caja de Pandora. Hemos abierto esa caja.

It Doesn't Challenge You, It Can't Change You. This fast-paced and richly stitched documentary, employing mesmerizing visuals driven by Keith David's commanding narration, and fueled by dozens of engaging experts. Five years in the making and filmed across 9 countries, the feature-length documentary depicts the dire threats facing African wildlife. Survival hangs in the balance. This powerful cinematic call to action demonstrates the dire challenges facing species who depend on biodiversity, including our own. Through interviews with dozens of conservation experts ranging from Dr. Jane Goodall, to wildlife trophy hunters, filmmaker and director Phyllis Stuart, Co-Produced by Eli Weiss, Wild DaZe explores the relationship between international crime cartels, colluding government officials, animal poaching, the illegal ivory trade, cattle barons and human beings, as she examines how rampant corruption complicates the fight to save species nearing extinction. Tickets on sale Now!

It Doesn’t Challenge You, It Can’t Change You. This fast-paced and richly stitched documentary, employing mesmerizing visuals driven by Keith David’s commanding narration, and fueled by dozens of engaging experts. Five years in the making and filmed across 9 countries, the feature-length documentary depicts the dire threats facing African wildlife. Survival hangs in the balance. This powerful cinematic call to action demonstrates the dire challenges facing species who depend on biodiversity, including our own. Through interviews with dozens of conservation experts ranging from Dr. Jane Goodall, to wildlife trophy hunters, filmmaker and director Phyllis Stuart, Co-Produced by Eli Weiss, Wild DaZe explores the relationship between international crime cartels, colluding government officials, animal poaching, the illegal ivory trade, cattle barons and human beings, as she examines how rampant corruption complicates the fight to save species nearing extinction. Tickets on sale Now!

Phyllis Stuart is the creator, writer and director of the documentary, Wild Daze. A film that originally started off following the poaching on the African continent of the majestic elephants who are being slaughtered for their tusks. However, what started off as something that was against big game hunting evolved into a project that focused on the peoples of the continent, the desire for biodiversity and how humans need to be one with the plant. Stuart had brought in Three Time Emmy Award-Winning actor and legendary voiceover master Keith David to lend his voice to the project in order to add depth to the severity of the issue. Through interviews with conservation experts ranging from Dr. Jane Goodall, Andrea Crosta, Will Travers, and Azad 'Oz' Ebrahimzadeh, to trophy hunters and displaced indigenous African forest peoples, Phyllis explores the relationship between international crime cartels, colluding government officials, animal poaching, the illegal ivory trade, cattle barons and human beings, as she examines how rampant corruption complicates the fight to save species nearing extinction. I spoke with Stuart about her visually stunning documentary, the need to live in harmony with nature, how certain nations on other continents continue to take advantage of Africa and what we can do as a society to become more harmonious with them. Wild Daze debuts on Friday, September 18 through The Virtual Cinema Event with eight partner theaters. To watch Wild Daze click here: watch.eventive.org/wilddaze. For more information on the film and/or how you can contribute to the cause visit www.wilddazethemovie.com. Follow Wide Daze on Twitter @WildDaZeMovie, Facebook WildDaZeMovie.

Kritiken zu "Gangs of London", "Dreissig" und "Sea of Shadows Lockere Filmkritiken zum selbst mitmachen! Meldet euch via Mail (info@tele-stammtisch.de), Facebook, Twitter oder Instagram für den nächsten Podcast an! Haupt-RSS-Feed | Filmkritiken-RSS-Feed iTunes (Hauptfeed) | iTunes (Filmkritiken) Spotify (Hauptfeed) | Spotify (Filmkritiken) Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Skype: dertelestammtisch@gmail.com Titel: Gangs Of London Original: Gangs of London Startdatum: 23.7.2020 Länge(min): 9x42 FSK: keine Angabe Regie: Gareth Evans, Xavier Gans, Corin Hardy Darsteller: Colm Meaney, David Bradley, Joe Cole uvm. Verleih: Sky Atlantic Trailer Titel: Sea Of Shadows - Der Kampf um das Kokain der Meeres Original: Sea Of Shadows Startdatum: 14.9.2019 Länge(min): 104 FSK: 6 Regie: Richard Ladkani Darsteller: Hector Capetillo, Andrea Crosta, Marc Davis uvm. Verleih: National Geographic Trailer Titel: Dreissig Original: Dreissig Startdatum: 23.7.2020 Länge(min): 115 FSK: keine Angabe Regie: Simona Kostova Darsteller: Henner Borchers, Kara Schröder, Pascal Houdus uvm. Verleih: Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin Trailer Teilnehmer*innen: Anna Spies Website | Facebook | Instagram Comicaze e.V. Website | Facebook | Instagram JohannaWebsite | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Peter Facebook Mo Facebook | Instagram Sven Facebook | Instagram Sam Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Twitch Thilo Facebook | Twitter i used the following sounds of freesound.org: Musical Snapshots by Columbia Orchestra Short Crowd Cheer 2.flac by qubodup License (Copyright): Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Folge direkt herunterladen

How do we catch criminals for crimes against our ecosystem? Hear what Andrea Crosta, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Earth League International has to say. Environmental crime is the world’s fourth largest criminal enterprise. Andrea Crosta has founded the first intelligence organization protecting wildlife and the environment through the collection of intelligence and targeted investigation. If you would like to donate, volunteer, or learn more, visit earthleagueinternational.org/ If you enjoyed our episode please make sure to subscribe and leave us a review. If you want to nominate a social impact leader who is finding scalable sustainable solutions for world pressing problems, please reach out to us at guest@gettingtherepodcast.com To access more stories, blog posts, videos, quizzes (and more!), highlighting leaders tackling humanity's biggest problems, follow us on: LinkedIn | Medium | Website | Facebook | Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gettingtherepodcast1/message

Andrea Crosta is an intelligence operative who formed conversation organization Earth League International which carries out covert operations to stop animal trafficking and subject of Nat Geo documentary "Sea Of Shadows" (directed by Richard Ladkani - now in theaters). Please support more conversations like this by hitting the subscribe button and leaving a quick review on Apple Podcasts. Let me know who you want to hear from next. Look out for upcoming episodes with director Ken Burns, chef Eric Ripert, environmental activist Paul Watson, actress Rhian Ramos, CEO of Conservation International Dr. M Sanjayan, alpinist Steve House… [Recorded at Smile Radio at Smile To Go in the Freehand Hotel of New York City.] [Great Adventures is supported by Hiatus Tequila and Hanah One.] CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Charles’ Instagram / Charles’ Twitter Great Adventures Instagram / Great Adventures Twitter Andrea Crosta's Instagram / Andrea Crosta's Twitter RELEVANT LINKS: Earth League International "Sea Of Shadows" "Ivory Game"

Director Richard Ladkani, Producer Walter Koehler, and Andrea Crosta (Earth League International) discuss the documentary SEA OF SHADOWS with moderator Jazz Tangcay (Awards Daily). Recorded at the Landmark in Los Angeles on 7/13/19.

We're headed back to Sundance to our conversation with the director of Sea of Shadows, Richard Ladkani and subject Andrea Crosta. It's a story about saving the most elusive  and endangered whale species on Earth,the vaquita porpoise. Download the conversation and support this film while it's in a theater near you.    Visit our website! www.bitchtalkpodcast.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.   POWERED BY     

The topic of wildlife crime is inherently complex, and more often than not, dominant narratives fail to draw out the ever-present nuances regarding poaching and illegal trafficking. Regardless, we cannot ignore the fact that wildlife crime is the world’s fourth largest criminal enterprise. Over a century ago, the world’s tiger population exceeded one hundred thousand. Today, there are less than four thousand, meaning that we have lost ninety-seven percent of the world’s tiger population in just one century. Yet again we are reminded of the atrocities unfolding under a supremacist, capitalist, global market that supports the rapid and senseless killing of living beings for the mere commodification of their “parts.” This week on the program Andrea Crosta joins Ayana in a conversation around wildlife crime. Andrea is all too familiar with dominant narratives that misplace fixation, assume guilt incorrectly, or aid in sweeping generalization that disregard cultural sensitivity and further western imposition associated with wildlife crime. Ayana and Andrea discuss a myriad of topics ranging from the importance of an intelligence-led approach to combating wildlife crime, how wildlife crime impacts local and global economies, the geography of trafficking, the socio-political realities that necessitate poaching and trafficking, and the grave danger posed by an increased militarization of conservation. Andrea Crosta has over 30 years of experience in conservation projects around the world and in a parallel professional career, has been working for over 18 years as an international consultant to companies and governmental agencies on high-end security technologies and services, homeland security, anti-piracy, and risk management. Andrea now applies this unique knowledge to conservation and wildlife protection as the Executive Director and co-founder of Elephant Action League, an intelligence-led non-profit organization focused on fighting wildlife crime. Andrea is also the creator and project manager of WildLeaks, the first whistleblower initiative dedicated to wildlife crime. Andrea is among the main protagonists of the documentaries ‘The Ivory Game’ and ‘Sea of Shadows,’ which recently won the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival 2019. Music by Y La Bamba http://www.ylabamba.com/

We all know that the Vaquita, a small porpoise endemic to the Sea of Cortez, is nearly extinct; however, there are many organizations that are still fighting to keep the Vaquita from going extinct.  The Vaquita population is in trouble because they keep getting killed from illegal fishing practices in the Sea of Cortez by fishers who are trying to catch another endangered species called Totoaba. Asian countries are seeking out these fish for their swim bladders in which they think has healing properties (it has never been medically proven).  The people working to protect the Totoaba and the Vaquita are having a hard time stopping the fishers from catching an illegal, but high priced fish. Some organizations have moved to stop the middle people from arranging the shipments of Totoaba swim bladders to China from Mexico. And it's working! A new commentary on Mongabay news by Andrea Crosta, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the international illegal trade watchdog group, Elephant Action League, describes how her organization and partners have infiltrated some operations that conduct illegal operations to provide information to the proper authorities to make arrests.  Check out the rest of the details by listening to the podcast.  Do you think organizations should help provide intelligence on illegal operations that could lead to an arrest? Share your thoughts in the Facebook Group: http://www.speakupforblue.com/group. Want to get started on living for a better Ocean? Sign up for the Grove Collaborative and get a free gift: http://www.speakupforblue.com/goocean. 

How has species survival become about law enforcement? With my guests today, filmmaker Phyllis Stuart, and Elephant Action League Founder and Director Andrea Crosta, we talk about a groundbreaking and compelling new documentary wildlife film, Wild Daze, directed and produced by Stuart, that unveils what is really happening in the world of illegal trafficking in wildlife and the complexity of the models in place to protect nature. Wild Daze leads audiences through Africa's complex and murky complicity and corruption, to understand the toll human activity has on the wild. Crosta, Elephant Action League, and creator of WildLeaks, shares how conservationists alone cannot succeed as law enforcement against illegal trafficking without the political will and support of the countries involved. Today's forces make it critical to shift conservation models to supports local people living with wildlife – as we keep saying on this show, Conservation IS about People.

How has species survival become about law enforcement? With my guests today, filmmaker Phyllis Stuart, and Elephant Action League Founder and Director Andrea Crosta, we talk about a groundbreaking and compelling new documentary wildlife film, Wild Daze, directed and produced by Stuart, that unveils what is really happening in the world of illegal trafficking in wildlife and the complexity of the models in place to protect nature. Wild Daze leads audiences through Africa’s complex and murky complicity and corruption, to understand the toll human activity has on the wild. Crosta, Elephant Action League, and creator of WildLeaks, shares how conservationists alone cannot succeed as law enforcement against illegal trafficking without the political will and support of the countries involved. Today’s forces make it critical to shift conservation models to supports local people living with wildlife – as we keep saying on this show, Conservation IS about People.

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Andrea Crosta of the Elephant Action League (EAL), one of the stars of the new Netflix documentary The Ivory Game, discusses how Chinese demand is driving the multi-billion dollar trade in ivory, as well as EAL’s project WildLeaks and the undercover investigations in mainland China and Hong Kong that have helped expose the illegal ivory being laundered through legal ivory markets. The Ivory Game premieres on Netflix on November 4. We also speak with Borneo Futures founder Erik Meijaard about his new feature for Mongabay entitled "Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium." The article details the plans of an Indonesian company to cut down a forest that is home to between 750 and 1750 orangutans, the third-largest population in the province of West Kalimantan. The forest is slated for conversion to an industrial tree plantation. And as usual we'll round up some of the top environmental news from around the world.

Dove si parla della Giornata della Memoria e dell'Accoglienza perchè tutti noi Animali ci spostiamo, della vittoria su Horlan, di Freccia45, di Macachi, con ANDREA CROSTA, direttore e cofondatore di Elephant Action League, membro di Wildlife Justice Commission, di Cop17, di Cites, di Elefanti, di Rinoceronti, di Campagna Join the Herd Unisciti alla Mandria, di avorio, di criminalità, di Asini, di rangers, di Sudafrica, si ringrazia Valentina Sargenti e si scopre che Andrea avrebbe voluto essere un Lupo

Dove si parla della Giornata della Memoria e dell'Accoglienza perchè tutti noi Animali ci spostiamo, della vittoria su Horlan, di Freccia45, di Macachi, con ANDREA CROSTA, direttore e cofondatore di Elephant Action League, membro di Wildlife Justice Commission, di Cop17, di Cites, di Elefanti, di Rinoceronti, di Campagna Join the Herd Unisciti alla Mandria, di avorio, di criminalità, di Asini, di rangers, di Sudafrica, si ringrazia Valentina Sargenti e si scopre che Andrea avrebbe voluto essere un Lupo

Dove si parla della Giornata della Memoria e dell'Accoglienza perchè tutti noi Animali ci spostiamo, della vittoria su Horlan, di Freccia45, di Macachi, con ANDREA CROSTA, direttore e cofondatore di Elephant Action League, membro di Wildlife Justice Commission, di Cop17, di Cites, di Elefanti, di Rinoceronti, di Campagna Join the Herd Unisciti alla Mandria, di avorio, di criminalità, di Asini, di rangers, di Sudafrica, si ringrazia Valentina Sargenti e si scopre che Andrea avrebbe voluto essere un Lupo

For the first time in years, there is positive news to report in the fight to save Africa's elephants from extinction. A new study by the Save the Elephants revealed that the price of ivory in China has halved over the past 18 months, indicating that heightened social awareness on the Mainland combined with a series of new policy initiatives by the government are beginning to impact demand in the world's largest ivory market. The Chinese government appears to be following up on president Xi Jinping's October 2015 announcement that Beijing will eventually phase out the country's ivory trade. Although specific details about the proposed ban have not been revealed and the new law has yet to go into effect, the market for this once prized precious resource is changing. Conservationists had hoped that president Xi would use the recent China-Africa summit in Johannesburg as a forum to announce the implementation of the ban, or at least provide some information on what the government plans to do. That did not happen. Instead, wildlife conservation and other environmental issues were largely sidelined as both Chinese and African leaders focused on infrastructure, security and other economic development issues. Andrea Crosta, co-founder and Executive Director of the Elephant Action League, said he wasn't surprised or event disappointed that the ivory issue did not figure prominently at FOCAC. Rather, he's been encouraged recently by trends in China where he sees a growing number of consumers shunning ivory products combined with a series of new legal measures by the government to crack down on illegal trading activity. "China is doing more to protect elephants than Africa," said Crosta, highlighting what is no doubt an extremely sensitive issue in the global conservation community where China has been understandably been vilified as enemy #1 of Africa's embattled elephants. Crosta joins Eric & Cobus to discuss why the ivory issue is far more complicated than simply shutting down demand in China. Reforming conservation laws, customs enforcement and eliminating corruption in Africa are equally important in the fight to save these beautiful animals.

Intelligence means different things to different people. To an anthrozoologist or biologist, it can be the measurement of intellect or sentience in a living being. To someone in law enforcement, it’s the product of analyzed data. And both versions are what we’re discussing on this week’s episode. Andrea Crosta, a security expert who has worked with the likes of Homeland Security, has taken his experience and changed his focus to the illegal wildlife trade. Head of the Elephant Action League, Crosta recently opened the floodgates on WildLeaks – a crime fighting tool to protect the people and animals involved in the illegal trade worldwide. Our good friend and internationally-renowned animal expert Dr. Marc Bekoff says that all animals live emotional lives – even crayfish. A recent study shows that crayfish, a low-order invertebrate, has the same chemical reaction to stimuli and serotonin as humans. The implications of this are profound – and Marc will share his thoughts.