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HALT THE TRADE IN ENDANGERED WILDLIFE PRODUCTS
Acting as a global research hub to reduce the demand for wildlife products, the Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade works with partners including the UK government, UNEP and WWF. Researchers also contribute policy recommendations to the annual CITES meeting on the control of trade in plants and wildlife.
Combining biological and conservation expertise with advances in information technology and artificial intelligence, the programme focuses on online trade as well as traditional markets to understand their drivers and characteristics, including the motivations of those who buy wildlife products, with the ultimate aim of changing consumer behaviour and reducing the threat to endangered species.
HOW DO WE PROTECT KEEP PLASTICS OUT OF PRECIOUS HABITATS
Over 350 million tonnes of plastics are produced annually but only a fraction of these are recycled, and many are persistent materials not designed for degradation. But
while they present a huge ecological problem, they are also extraordinarily useful and durable, and currently essential in many areas of modern life.
The Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics is thinking differently about the problem of plastic pollution.
It brings together researchers from economics, law and chemistry, with the aim of creating a blueprint for a ‘circular economy’ for plastics, ensuring recycling and re-use and developing new materials for plastic sectors that present particularly difficult problems.
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