REPORTS
These detailed reports cover
important conservation issues,
highlighting the urgent need for
action to safeguard the survival of
vulnerable species.
Cash before Conservation – An Overview of the Breeding of Lions for Hunting and Bone Trade
Forward Africa’s lions are facing an unprecedented crisis. Loss of habitat, reduced prey numbers,...
Challenges of analyzing the global trade in CITES-listed wildlife
International wildlife trade can represent a major threat to biodiversity conservation. Annually,...
Eastward bound – Analysis of CITES-listed flora and fauna exports from Africa to East and Southeast Asia
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Many people would be surprised to learn that 975 different taxa listed in the...
Final Report Survey of Small Elephant Populations in South Africa
1. PROJECT BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Since the early-1980s the number of fenced elephant populations...
The shared nature of Africa’s elephants
Abstract The world's biodiversity is shared by countries that are increasingly recognizing the...
Greater KNP Hunting Protocol for Reserves where hunting takes place
PREAMBLE Demands for competing land uses that are not compatible with conservation practices, make...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, highlights progress on the implementation of the integrated strategic management of rhinoceros
MEDIA STATEMENT Fellow South Africans, Ladies and gentlemen of the media, Welcome to the first...
30 Scientists and conservationists call on Zim to stop live elephant exports
January 11, 2018 His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa President of Zimbabwe cc: The Right Honourable...
IVORY TOWERS An Assessment of Japan’s Ivory Trade and Domestic Market
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) to the Convention on International...
Challenges to CITES regulation of the International Trade in live, wild-caught African elephants
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Sixty-ninth...
Open letter to Secretary Zinke: The African Lion Conservation Community’s response to the South African Predator Association’s letter
Attention Secretary Ryan Zinke Secretary of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C Street....
Status of elephant populations, levels of illegal killing and the trade in ivory: A report to the CITES Standing Committee
Introduction Resolution Conf. 10.10 (Rev. CoP17) on Trade in elephant specimens, in paragraph 11,...
A roaring trade? The legal trade in Panthera leo bones from Africa to East-Southeast Asia
The African lion is the only big cat listed on CITES Appendix II, and the only one for which...
Poachers Are Just Part of the Problem for Endangered African Species
We’ve all seen the stories of gorillas and elephants brutally slaughtered by poachers in Africa....
The Ivory Trade of Laos: Now the Fastest Growing in the World
Key findings from the report: The majority of the ivory items seen for sale were machine-made from...
Diplomats and Deceit – North Korea’s Criminal Activities in Africa
A new report by The Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime lifts the...
Rhino horns under virtual hammer: Comment on the proposed online rhino horn auction
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) is watching with trepidation the brazen online rhino horn...
Invitation to SATSA to end promotion of predator exploitation
SATSA President: Mr. Gavin Courtenay SATSA CEO: Mr. David Frost And all SATSA Members Dear Mr....