Highlights • If ivory speculators in China believe that the domestic ivory trade ban will be finite, they will continue…
ABSTRACT Illegal bushmeat hunting is a global threat to wildlife, but its secretive and unregulated nature undermines efforts to mitigate…
RECOMMENDATIONS SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD APPOINT A SPECIAL COURT TO DEAL WITH ALL RHINO HORN CASES SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE…
KEY FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS KEY REPORT FINDINGS Lack of prosecutions • South Africa’s rhino crisis has been “stimulated…
Dear Stakeholder, SANParks has started the review process of the Kruger National Park’s Management Plan in compliance with the National…
RESEARCH ARTICLE Savanna elephant numbers are only a quarter of their expected values Read original report: Robson et al 2017…
CITES CITES LISTING APPENDIX COUNTRY DATE NOTES I 13/09/2007 Included in Appendix I, except the populations of Botswana, Namibia, South…
The Secretariat has received questions from CITES Parties and journalists, as well as messages of concern from the general public,…
Abstract The Australian Rhino Project (http://www.theaustralianrhinoproject.org) proposes importing 80 rhinos from South Africa to Australia by 2019 at a cost…
This statement covers the period January through December 2016, which is inclusive of the period September to December 2016. …
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS NOTICE 74 OF 2017 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT 2004 (ACTO NO. 10 OF 2004) DRAFT…
At the CITES CoP17 held in South Africa during September/October 2016, it was clear that the vast majority of member…
SUMMARY Pro-hunting group Safari Club International (SCI) recently published material entitled ‘The Conservation Equation’. The claimed ‘equation’ is a simple…
Trophy hunters’ inflated claims debunked; trophy hunting ‘insignificant’ to economy WASHINGTON (1 February 2017)—An economic study released on the first…
Killing of 280 South African animals to raise more than US$1 million for American hunting group’s anti-wildlife agenda Safari Club…
The Department of Environmental Affairs has emphasised that no exports of lion bones will be authorised in 2017 until the…
Dear Ambassador Xin Shunkang, During the past few weeks, several Chinese nationals have been apprehended and charged with wildlife crimes,…
The landmark London Conference in February 2014 brought together heads of state and government representatives to discuss the rise in…
Introduction Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP16) mandates “a comprehensive report to each meeting of the Conference of the Parties” from…
Abstract The selective nature of trophy hunting may cause changes in desirable phenotypic traits in harvested species. A decline in…