SriLankan Airlines pledged to support for “United for Wildlife”

SriLankan Airlines on Thursday 2nd June 2016 joined a landmark worldwide drive to crack down on the illegal global trade in wildlife trafficking that has brought many of the world’s rare species close to extinction. SriLankan was among several international airlines which pledged their full support for the ʻUnited for Wildlifeʼ initiative, also known as the ‘Buckingham palace declaration’ which is an global initiative created by the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry of the UK, bringing together seven of the world’s most influential wildlife protection organizations. The pledge was signed at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on 2nd June in Dublin, Ireland.

The initiative is being fully supported by the global transportation industry and also the major organizations involved in conservation such as Conservation International (CI), Fauna & Flora International (FFI), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), WWF-UK, and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), with The Royal Foundation. Also it is worth to mention that IATA has been inspirational in gathering many aviation related organizations towards this global initiative.