Prince William's first speech as heir honours his 'much-missed grandmother' with commitments on environment

The Prince of Wales has used his first speech as heir to reaffirm his commitment to environmental causes and the 'war' against the illegal wildlife trade, saying that he will honour the Queen through that work 👉

"To bring their sinister operations out of the shadows and to ensure that communities are equipped, empowered and supported to protect themselves and their natural world."Advertisement

His colleague Anton Mzimba, a head ranger at the Timbavati Nature Reserve in South Africa, who the prince had previously met, was shot dead in front of his family this summer. The organisation Thin Green Line said that currently around the world on average three rangers die every week.In the past six years, the networks established between the public and private sectors have contributed to over 450 law enforcement cases, over 250 arrests, almost 200 seizures of wildlife products and have trained over 100,000 people.

In recent weeks Moazu Kromah was sentenced to over five years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than $7m worth of rhino horn and elephant ivory, involving the illegal poaching of around 135 animals.

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