Daniel Besant of Southeast Asia Globe has interviewed photojournalist and activist Karl Ammann about the efforts to end the illegal wildlife trading in Southeast Asia:

At the moment, I’m convinced that 90% of what’s being done in Southeast Asia is window dressing and lip service. Making pronouncements, signing MOUs [Memoranda of Understanding], that’s the easy part. I have identified dealers, particularly a major dealership outside of Hanoi, that sell kilos and kilos of real rhino horn on a daily basis.

Once something changes on that front, then I will believe that something is really happening.

Few people have done more to expose SE Asia's rampant illegal #wildlife trade than Karl Ammann http://t.co/fq6iFKDEY0 pic.twitter.com/YLymbs7tKu

— Southeast Asia Globe (@SEA_GLOBE) June 19, 2014