REPORTS
These detailed reports cover
important conservation issues,
highlighting the urgent need for
action to safeguard the survival of
vulnerable species.
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Fair Game? Improving the well-being of South African wildlife Review of the legal and practical regulation of the welfare of wild animals in South Africa, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The legal regulation of wild animal welfare in South Africa follows the...
“Arguments for lifting the ban are unsound”
On June 21, 2018, some of Botswana's Members of Parliament adopted a motion to lift the elephant...
China issues permits to trade in the bones of hundreds of leopards
Leopards are Asia’s most trafficked big cat, with more than 4,900 seized from illegal trade in...
New report finds inadequate protection for the well-being of South African wildlife
In a joint report published today, the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and...
MTPA approval for Umbabat PNR hunting proposal, 21 February 2018, including one male lion
Read MTPA's approval letter for Umbabat PNR hunting proposal, including hunting one male...
KNP Recommendations for hunting in Umbabat PNR, 6 February 2018
Animal numbers in APNR reserves, proposed hunting quotas and basis for recommendations with...
Facilities (farms and individuals) keeping and breeding Asian big cats in captivity in South Africa: Under decision 17.229
David H.W. Morgan Chief, Governing Bodies and Meeting Services CITES Secretariat c/o Pascal...
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...