Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit Exposes People And Powers Behind Illegal Rhino Horn Trade
February 2017, Volume 15-1
In a six-month long investigation, an Al Jazeera team penetrated ...
Open Letter To Ambassador Xin Shunkang Of The People’s Republic Of China To Namibia
February 2017, Volume 15-1
Dear Ambassador Xin Shunkang, During the past few weeks, several Chinese ...
Will Keeping the Rhino Horn Trade Illegal Kill More Rhinos?
June 2016, Volume 14-3
Many conservationists are lauding South Africa’s recent decision not to propose the ...
Rhino Poaching: What is the Solution?
April 2016, Volume 14-2
Rhino poaching is a serious contemporary global concern. Significant recent ...
Prince William is Talking Sense – Trophy Hunting is Crucial to Conservation
April 2016, Volume 14-2
Well done, Prince William. He is talking sense. As hard ...
Poachers who Killed Helicopter Pilot in Tanzania Arrested
February 2016, Volume 14-1
After a weeklong manhunt and house-to-house searches in villages surrounding ...
Abstracts of Recently Published Wildlife Papers
December 2015, Volume 13-6
COMPLEMENTARY BENEFITS OF TOURISM AND HUNTING TO COMMUNAL CONSERVANCIES IN ...
Pretoria High Court Overturns Moratorium in Domestic Rhino Horn Trade
December 2015, Volume 13-6
The High Court in Pretoria set aside the SA Government’s ...
Crushing Ivory: (Hopefully) Not Our Best Warfare
September 2015, Volume 13-4
President Nixon was the first to declare war on drugs. ...
Experts Call On European Union To Acknowledge Pivotal Role Of Communities
September 2015, Volume 13-4
Pavel Poc, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of ...
Lion Hunt Quotas Could Be Good For Animals But Bad For Humans
June 2015, Volume 13-3
Criticism of sport hunting nearly always focuses on whether hunting ...
Results Of The 2014 Selous-Mikumi Elephant Census
June 2015, Volume 13-3
As part of the Great African Elephant Census, TAWIRI conducted ...
Whose Elephants Are They? Part 2: Lessons From The Sebungwe Workshop (Zimbabwe)
June 2015, Volume 13-3
This is the second part of an article which appeared ...
Community Versus Enforcement: Responses To Illegal Wildlife Trade
June 2015, Volume 13-3
As the illegal wildlife trade escalates globally, many government and ...
Kidnapped In Mozambique: In The Clutches Of Rhino Poachers
April 2015, Volume 13-2
Bartholomäus Grill, Africa-Correspondent for the German news magazine Der Spiegel ...
Africa: Can Indigenous And Wildlife Conservationists Work Together?
April 2015, Volume 13-2
Indigenous and wildlife conservationists have common goals and common adversaries, ...
Community-Led Solutions: A Key Force In Tackling Wildlife Crime
April 2015, Volume 13-2
As a result of the symposium Beyond enforcement: Communities, governance, ...
2014 Elephant Poaching Rates Virtually Unchanged
April 2015, Volume 13-2
According to the CITES program for Monitoring the Illegal Killing ...
African Elephant Summit – Kasane, Botswana by Dr. Ali Kaka
April 2015, Volume 13-2
Editor’s Note: Dr. Ali Kaka attended the 23rd March African ...
Guest Editorial: Wildlife Crime In Africa: What Can Hunters Do? By Dr. John Hanks
April 2015, Volume 13-2
Editor’s Note: Dr. John Hanks is a zoologist with a ...
Anti-Poaching Initiative Launched In Namibia
February 2015, Volume 13-1
The poachers have have arrived. The animals are dying … ...
The ZPWMA Save Conservancy Hunting Concession Auctions
February 2015, Volume 13-1
On 19th December 2014 the Director General of the Zimbabwe ...
Hunting, Poaching and Rhino Horn
February 2015, Volume 13-1
Without getting involved in any debate on hunting or otherwise, ...
Bubye River Conservancy
February 2015, Volume 13-1
The Bubye River Conservancy (BRC) has got to be one ...
Sustainable Use Workshops in Zimbabwe
February 2015, Volume 13-1
In November and December 2014 Conservation Force initiated and sponsored ...
Selous Game Reserve,
A World Heritage In Danger
February 2015, Volume 13-1
1. Selous Game Reserve: An Exceptional World Heritage Site Selous was ...
Tanzania Intensifies War Against Poaching
February 2015, Volume 13-1
A host of reports, press releases as well as NGO ...
Chemical Horn Infusions – A Poaching Deterrent Or An Unnecessary Deception?
December 2014, Volume 12-6
This paper was published in Pachyderm, the Journal of the ...
Guidelines On Methods And Procedures For Ivory Sampling And Laboratory Analysis
December 2014, Volume 12-6
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime located in ...
More On The Ivory Trade Ban
December 2014, Volume 12-6
Editor’s Note: We published Daniel Stiles’ article “Can Elephants Survive ...
Elephant Ivory Trade In China: Trends And Drivers
Highlights Ivory in China is traded in the “white”, “black”, and ...
CITES And Confiscated Elephant Ivory And Rhino Horn – To Destroy Or Not Destroy?
December 2014, Volume 12-6
Editor’s Note: We publish this blog of John Scanlon with ...
Elephant Poaching In Northern Mozambique’s Niassa Reserve – An Action Replay Of The Selous?
December 2014, Volume 12-6
I have just returned from a brief, 10 day Livingstone’s ...
Strategies To Stop Poaching In Selous Game Reserve
December 2014, Volume 12-6
The Selous Game Reserve had for many years enjoyed its ...
Unsustainable Use: The Unintended Consequences
October 2014, Volume 12-5-II
In the year 2000 the Zimbabwe government embarked on their ...
Can Elephants Survive a Continued Ivory Trade Ban?
October 2014, Volume 12-5-II
I live much of the time in a grass-thatched cottage ...
Not All In Favour Of Burning Rhino Horn
October 2014, Volume 12-5-II
Armed guards escorted officials marching 60 kilograms of rhino horns ...
Rhino Poaching Kingpin Hugo Ras And Accomplices Arrested
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
HAWKS head Lieutenant General Anwa Dramat told MPs in the ...
Rising Murder Toll Of Park Rangers Calls For Tougher Laws
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and the ...
Poaching Is Asian-Run And Africa-Based
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since ...
Whose Elephants Are They? Strengthening Community-Based Conservation And Communities’ Ownership Rights For Elephants In Africa
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
At CITES CoP16 (2013), debates concerning the African Elephant focused ...
Anti-Poaching Success In Zimbabwe
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Two incidents in March highlight the value of trained, motivated ...
Selous Elephant Emergency Project SEEP
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve – Africa’s oldest and largest protected ...
News From Kenya
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Early this year, a concerted effort by a few conservation ...
The Viability Of Legalizing Rhino Horn Trade In South Africa
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Citation: Taylor, A., Brebner, K., Coetzee, R., Davies-Mostert, H., Lindsey, ...
KNP Anti-Poaching Chief Speaks
October 2014, Volume 12-5-I
Africa Geographic’s Scott Ramsay interviewed the anti-poaching chief of Kruger ...
Prosperity Humbug Kills Rhinos: Miersch Interviews Baldus
July 2014, Volume 12-4
Michael Miersch (MM): You just came back from the Selous ...
A Model for a Smart Trade in Rhino Horn
The Chinese have always wanted rhino horn. South Africa can ...
If You Really Want to Save the Elephants, Farm Them
July 2014, Volume 12-4
Ivory is the cocaine of south-east Asia. Millions of people ...
Hunting For a Way to Save Wildlife
July 2014, Volume 12-4
Two issues have created a deep division among conservationists across ...
In Africa, All Conservation Is Local
May 2014, Volume 12-3
Editor’s Note (G. Damm): Murithi Mutiga, an editor at the ...
Stanford Students Help Protect Endangered Species in Africa
May 2014, Volume 12-3
Editor’s Note (G. Damm): The comprehensive Stanford Report (March 2014) ...
Tanzania Wildlife Summit to Stop Wildlife Crime & Advance Wildlife Conservation: A Call for Action. May 2014
May 2014, Volume 12-3
Editor’s Note (G. Damm): Dr. Kaush Arha is a lawyer, diplomat, ...
Poverty, Poaching and Trafficking: What are the links?
May 2014, Volume 12-3
Editor’s Note (G. Damm): This report has been produced by ...
Poaching in Africa: Facts, Causes and Solutions
April 2014, Volume 12-3
The poaching of elephants and rhinos has turned into a ...
Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) Anti-Poaching Training
May 2014, Volume 12-3
The need for Field Rangers on the ground and ground ...
Tanzania: The Selous Revisited
May 2014, Volume 12-3
In February 2014 I paid a short private visit to ...
Editorial: Global Summit – Hunters United Against Wildlife Crime
May 2014, Volume 12-3
Wildlife crime continues to capture the international headlines. Poaching and ...
Hunters United Against Wildlife Crime
March 2014, Volume 12-2
Hunters of the world will gather at the 2014 General ...
African Elephant and the Summits
March 2014, Volume 12-2
It all began after, I believe, a series of reports ...
Background to Rhino Poaching
March 2014, Volume 12-2
In Africa we are currently seeing the methodical and calculated ...
Cherry-Picking ‘Grey Literature’ On Rhino Horn
March 2014, Volume 12-2
Editor’s Note (GRD): Please read this article in conjunction with ...
Rhinos: It’s Time For Plan B
March 2014, Volume 12-2
Editor’s Note (GRD): I had an interesting exchange of emails ...
Rhino Conservation Isn’t Just About Rhinos
March 2014, Volume 12-2
“It’s God’s job to judge poachers. It’s our job to ...
Does it Make Sense Then to Destroy Stockpiles of Ivory?
March 2014, Volume 12-2
Editor’s Note (VB): Letter from an African journalist, film-maker and ...
Break the Link Between Terrorism Funding and Poaching
March 2014, Volume 12-2
Johan Bergenas is deputy director of the Managing Across Boundaries ...
Tanzania’s Elephants Going Fast: Interventions Needed
February 2014, Volume 12-1
Transcript – Issued by Lazaro Nyalandu, MP, Deputy Minister For Natural ...
UNEP, CITES and Others Applaud China’s Destruction of Ivory Stockpiles
February 2014, Volume 12-1
6 January 2014: China, during a public ceremony held in ...
More Ivory: We Need Prosecutions, Not Publicity Stunts
February 2014, Volume 12-1
If what Ive read is correct, the Chinese government will ...
UNODC Develops Guidelines for Ivory Sampling to Combat Illegal Trade
February 2014, Volume 12-1
6 December 2013: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime ...
Can Rhinos Profit From Trophy Hunting?
February 2014, Volume 12-1
Recent reports that a group called the Dallas Safari Club ...
CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force
February 2014, Volume 12-1
The meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, from 28 to 29 October ...
Inaction Is the Worst Possible Strategy
February 2014, Volume 12-1
It has been six years since the rhino-poaching crisis first ...
High-Level Panel Calls for UN Action against Illicit Wildlife Trade
November 2013, Volume 11-5&6
A High-Level Panel held during the 68th Session of the ...
Rhino Horn Use: Fact vs. Fiction
November 2013, Volume 11-5&6
All five of the world’s diverse species of rhinoceros have ...
Pioneering Research Reveals New Insights into the Consumers behind Rhino Poaching
November 2013, Volume 11-5&6
The use of rhino horn as a symbol of status ...
Hwange National Park Elephant Poisoning Report 1
November 2013, Volume 11-5
There has been a lot of hype, wild speculation, and ...
Hwange National Park Elephant Poisoning Report 2
November 2013, Volume 11-5&6
Following on from my first report, we were then approached ...
Hunters against Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking
September 2013, Volume 11-4
Finally the worsening poaching crisis has reached the political world. ...
CITES and UNESCO Call for Stakeholders to Strengthen Ties to Fight Poaching
September 2013, Volume 11-4
Irina Bokova, Director-General, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ...
Wildlife Poaching Southern Africa
June 2013, Volume 11-3
Many worldwide conservationists are concerned at reports of increased wildlife ...
Combating Crime with Commerce?
June 2013, Volume 11-3
In late 2011, I retired from the position of Chief ...
Wildlife Crime Poses Unique Challenges to Protected Areas
June 2013, Volume 11-3
Wildlife crime is the fifth largest international criminal activity worldwide. ...
African Rhinoceroses – Latest trends in rhino numbers and poaching
April 2013, Volume 11-2
An update to Doc 54-2-Annexe 2 from the IUCN Species ...
Why poaching pays: a summary of risks and benefits illegal hunters face in Western Serengeti, Tanzania
April 2013, Volume 11-2
Illegal hunting poses a considerable threat to the wildlife of ...
Trade bans: a perfect storm for poaching?
April 2013, Volume 11-2
Since CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of ...
Escalation of Rhino Poaching in South Africa: Is the Trade Ban Approach Working?
February 2013, Volume 11-1
Rhino poaching is on the rise in South Africa and ...
The Rhino Dilemma
February 2013, Volume 11-1
The letters by Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes and Colman O Criodain ...
Some Remarks on Letters Relating to Rhino
February 2013, Volume 11-1
It would seem that everyone is a ‘stakeholder’ when it ...
Estimated 19 Billion-Per-Year of Illicit Wildlife Trafficking
February 2013, Volume 11-1
Illegal wildlife trafficking is a $19 billion-a-year business, making it ...
Tooth for a tooth: with forensics methods on the track of ivory
February 2013, Volume 11-1
In many African countries the international ivory trade has led ...