On 11-12 September 2024, the Czech Republic hosted an international forensic conference in Prague focused on wildlife crime. Environmental Forensic Sciences Centre of the Faculty of Science of Charles University organised the conference in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment and the European Commission. Nearly 90 experts from 20 countries around the world gathered in the historic Carolinum Hall to present and discuss the latest trends in combating illegal trade in endangered species. This was the first ever international conference where scientists and specialists involved in the development and application of wildlife forensic methods came together in one place with police officers, customs officers and inspectors, bringing the academic sector together with environmental law enforcement agencies.
The conference agenda can be viewed here, the press release of the Ministry of the Environment here and below is a gallery of all the speakers.
Lenka Henebergová (Charles University, Czechia)Jiří Lehejček (Ministry of the Environment, Czechia)Julia Rusch (European Commission)Barend Janse van Rensburg (CITES Secretariat)Kelly Morgan (TRACE Wildlife Forensic Network)Guy Clarke (Border Force, UK)Paul Dainty (City of London Police, UK)Marco Houwertjes (Dutch Customs Laboratory, Netherlands)Dagmar Svobodová chairingMärta Warg (National Public Prosecution Department, Sweden)Pavla Říhová chairingSamuel Wasser (University of Washington, USA)Laura Cuypers (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium)Barbora Černá Bolfíková (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czechia)Zdeněk Novák chairingDaniel Vaněk (Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Czechia)Petra Zenke (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Hungary)Jiří Černý (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czechia)Jarmila Krojerová (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia)Lucy Webster (SASA Laboratory, UK)Mariah Meek (Michigan State University, USA)Celine Blanc-Jolivet (Thuenen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany)Mark Moseley (Metropolitan Police London, UK)Lauren Woodcock (King`s College London, UK)Stefan Ziegler (WWF Germany)Lisa Bradbury (CITES Management Authority, Switzerland)Emma Richards (Wildlife Crime Prevention, Zambia)Kateřina Pachnerová Brabcová (Czech Academy of Science, Czechia)Florian Stein (Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany)Jonathan Schlesinger (Indiana University Bloomington, USA)Jakub Trubač (Laboratory for Stable and Radiogenic Isotopes, Charles University, Czechia)Cady Lancaster (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK)Peter Gasson (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)Victor Deklerck (Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium; World Forest ID, USA)Maaike De Ridder (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium)Samuel Vanden Abeele (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Scinces, Belgium)Closing speeches from Pavla Říhová and Ondřej Klouček
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