"Most illegal shipments of African elephant ivory end up in either China or Thailand, " according to TRAFFIC, an organization that monitors the wildlife trade.
The warning comes in a report prepared by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring programme of IUCN-The World Conservation Union and WWF, the global environment campaign.
The deal could mark a turning point in efforts to protect rhinos because it represents the first official pact signed by both countries, Richard Thomas from the wildlife trade monitoring group Traffic told the BBC.
The unabated trade in wildlife is all the more alarming since half of the big new mammals discovered worldwide in the past century were found in Vietnam.
Dr Ouitavon is open about the challenge she faces: "We know from the beginning that those who are behind the illegal wildlife illegal trade are mostly influential and powerful people, " she explained.
"The new wave of organised wildlife trade crime with heavily armed groups of poachers acting cross-borders is jeopardising conservation successes we've had in the past, " he said.
Government prosecutors have made their reputation at the agencies like the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Fish and Wildlife Service by threatening legal action against great companies like Boeing, Gibson and Google.
Prior to the establishment of CITES in 1973, there was no international regulation of the cross-border trade in wildlife.
And Interpol has joined efforts to investigate those involved in the trade of ivory and other illicit wildlife products.
But Campfire Association Zimbabwe - which advocates being able to make a living from wildlife - supports the idea of legalising the trade, saying it is time efforts looked at untested measures as opposed to the current ones which are not always effective.
With regard to the problem of poaching of and illicit trade in endangered and protected wildlife and living marine resources, ASEAN welcomed U.S. support in combating illicit trade in wildlife, and both sides agreed to explore future cooperation in this area.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
On the menu in a smart restaurant in Yaounde, one can find beef and pork - but also snake, pangolin and monkey - all products of a vast bushmeat trade that has now become the single biggest threat to wildlife in central Africa.
Lebanon is one of a few countries not signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), making it an easy transit point for wildlife smugglers, and it has few domestic animal-protection laws.
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