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US allows the import of a black rhino trophy hunted in Namibia

Resource Africa June 03, 2020 0 Comments

Summary: Associated Press reported in September, 2019 that the Trump administration would issue a permit to a Michigan trophy hunter to import the skin, skull and horns from a rare black rhinoceros he shot in Africa. Chris D. Peyerk applied last year for the permit required by the Fish and Wildlife Service to import animals protected under the Endangered Species Act. He paid $400,000 to an...

Lion bones weighing 342 kg seized at OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg

Resource Africa June 03, 2020 0 Comments

Summary: The BBC reported on 4th October, 2019 that South African officials had seized 342kg (754lb) of lion bones and arrested three people at Johannesburg airport in South Africa, the environment ministry said. The bones, which are prized in Asia for supposed medicinal benefits and to make jewellery, were destined for Malaysia. The 12 boxes of lion bones wrapped in aluminium foil were...

Khama to host international conference on poaching and human wildlife conflict

Resource Africa June 01, 2020 0 Comments

In a Press Release dated February 3, 2020 and published in Botswana's newspaper The Parrot Online: "Botswana’s former President, His Excellency Dr. Seretse Khama Ian Khama announced plans in March, 2020 to host an international conference to examine and share methods to mitigate human wildlife conflict and strategies to combat poaching in Africa. General Khama, an avid conservation enthusiast...

Summary of the sixty-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee: 27 November to 1 December, 2017

Resource Africa June 01, 2020 0 Comments

Earth Negotiations Bulletin - A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations published the summary of the 69th Meeting of CITES Standing Committee, held 27 November to 1 December, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. "On Friday, the sixty-ninth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES SC69) convened...

Yahoo Japan ends trade of ivory

Resource Africa June 01, 2020 0 Comments

Al Jazeera reported the decision by Yahoo Japan to end the trade of ivory from November, 2019. The announcement was published on its website and came as a result of pressure from conservationists. Yahoo Japan corporation says it will ban the sale of ivory on the country's largest online auction site, two years after its two largest domestic competitors made a similar pledge.In a statement on...

How conservation investment could be a lifeline for endangered species

Resource Africa May 29, 2020 0 Comments

The Financial Times published this article about conservation investment in November, 2019. Read the full article here. Summary: When the Zoological Society of London in July unveiled a $50m “rhino impact bond” the response was “off the charts”, according to Oliver Withers, the organisation’s head of conservation finance. “It got to the point that we were not in a position to handle...

Zambia NCRBA calls for suspension of trophy hunting until communities receive funds owed

Resource Africa May 29, 2020 0 Comments

Published in Africa Geographic September 26, 2019. Read the article here Summary: Africa Geographic reports that The Zambia National Community Resources Board Association (ZNCRBA) has called for the immediate suspension of trophy hunting in all hunting blocks until the government releases all funds owed to communities through the individual Community Resource Boards (CRBs). The CRBs have now...

South Africa’s proposal to CITES on White and Black Rhino

Resource Africa May 29, 2020 0 Comments

Summary: The South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, requested public comment of a scientific nature on her proposal to: 1. Enable the international trade in white rhino horn by down-listing the white rhino on CITES. 2. Increase the annual quota of black rhinos for trophy hunting in South Africa, from the current five males to an unspecified number....

COVID-19: wildlife trade and communities: a selection of recently published articles

Resource Africa May 24, 2020 0 Comments

We are sharing some links to recent COVID-19 related news articles and papers recommended in the IUCN SULi Digest March and April 2020 Edition. Wildlife trade and trade bans Despite COVID-19, using wild species may still be the best way to save them by Dilys Roe Wildlife trade: Regulated markets involving local communities, ‘essential’ to balance humans and nature, Ivonne Higuero,...

Wildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics

Resource Africa May 24, 2020 0 Comments

As Mexico reels from the coronavirus (COVID-19) economic devastation and public health disaster, Vanda Felbab-Brown writes in a recently published article in brookings.edu, it also needs to rethink its relationship with nature. To prevent another zoogenic pandemic, it is crucial to preserve natural habitats; carefully monitor legal trade in wildlife; eliminate transmission points where the...