[THREAD] Prince William spearheaded the creation of @united4wildlife in 2013.

Through his Royal Foundation, he funds the task force to tackle the illegal wildlife trade by bringing together conservation organisations, governments, and global corporations.

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Led by William and The Royal Foundation, United for Wildlife is working to protect endangered species like elephants, rhinos, tigers and pangolins so they can share our world with future generations.

@united4wildlife has two tasks forces:

In 2014, Prince William announced the formation of the Transport Taskforce, with the objective of engaging the transport sector in identifying and developing relevant and targeted solutions to wildlife trafficking.

The Taskforce brought together transport stakeholders including airports, shipping companies and airlines with law enforcement and other agencies to identify and facilitate action led by the private sector.

Now signed by over 100 transport sector companies from across the globe, the Taskforce is taking steps every day to help stop the trafficking of wildlife products.

For example, Royal Mail is working with enforcement agencies such as Border Force to detect and seize illegal wildlife products trafficked through the global postal system. Emirates airline has repainted A380 jets with images of endangered species and the United for Wildlife logo

In response to the need to engage financial institutions in this effort and to identify specific actions that can be taken by the sector, a bank-led Illegal Wildlife Trade Financial Taskforce was established.

Convened by Prince William in 2018, institutions signed a Declaration as part of the Financial Taskforce, which lays out six commitments, including the dedication to share resources and intelligence in a bid to disrupt the illegal income generated by poached animal products