As the world returns to post-covid normality, so do its trade routes and the unfortunate consequence of increased wildlife trafficking, experts say. 'It’s a very alarming trend to observe - that such a large quantity of ivory is being trafficked in one shipment,' Ellen Tyra, an analyst with the wildlife crimes program at C4ADS, had to say about the seizure of 7 000 kg of ivory in Vietnam. C4ADS is a US-based nonprofit that works to expose illicit trafficking networks, whose interactive Wildlife Seizure Dashboard, free to use on its website, tracks trends in wildlife seizures since 2013. 'Over the last year, the world has gradually reopened, but we're not quite back to how things were,' Tyra told Mongabay. 'The seizure data shows that we are in this
pandemic adjusted phase - and we're seeing some interesting trends.’