La Poste collaborates with WWF to train its employees on the fight against Illegal wildlife trade.

Activities

Wildlife trade is the fourth most lucrative illegal activity after arms, human beings and drugs. Between 1999-2018, at least 6,000 species were seized worldwide in more than 180,000 seizures. France is a major transit and destination country. La Poste has put in place measures to deal with this as part of its Biodiversity policy. In 2023, it joined the WWF initiative to mobilise the transport and logistics sector to combat illegal wildlife trade. As a concrete follow-up, WWF and La Poste worked together to organise trainings for international mail centers teams with the aim to equip operational staff with the right reactions and reflexes in the event of suspicion: - Detect the warning signs on a parcel: if the packaging has holes, if organic material is detected on the scanner... - Protect: take no risk to the health and safety of people who are in
direct contact with the parcel, - Alert: inform management immediately so that customs and veterinary teams can be involved.

Result & Impact

In 2024, 85 team leaders and customs declarants at Roissy airport and 2 other major postal sites were trained in collaboration with customs authorities.