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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Wildlife crime"”.
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Improved detection of human involvement in avian wildlife crime
… $70 - $230 billion (USD) per annum worldwide, wildlife crime poses an increasing threat to global biodiversity and the delicate balance of ecosystems. At present, the availability of forensic evidence is a limiting factor for the successful prosecution of wildlife crime offences across the …
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Preventing poaching : innovative strategies in the fight against wildlife crime
… of anti-poaching efforts is available to address wildlife crime, ranging from the use of technology to conservation husbandry. However, despite the Skukuza court having a 99% conviction rate for poaching cases, statistics show that poaching continues unabated. The reason for this is that so-called …
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The need for harmonisation of wildlife crime laws in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) A case study of the illicit abalone trade
The illicit wildlife trade (IWT) is the fourth most lucrative form of organised crime globally (Donnenfeld & Aucoin, 2017:1). The Global Financial Integrity (GFI) reports that IWT is one of the most profitable and illicit economies with a profit margin of US$ 23 billion annually (May, 2017:np). It …
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Poaching in context: a critical review of the role that corruption and criminal syndicates play in wildlife crime in South Africa, specifically in so far as it relates to the poaching of rhinoceros
Wildlife crime is a longstanding problem. People have always considered living and non-living species as resources and tradable products used for pure economic gain, which then has a negative effect on biodiversity. In addition, wildlife crime involves poachers; armed non-state actors from source …
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The rhino horn and ivory trade: 1980-2020
… is rising, resulting in climate change and wildlife crime increasing, and biodiversity in wild habitats more threatened, plus spreading zoonotic diseases. Compared with the 1980s there is at last growing attention to these challenges, including wildlife crime, in search of securing nature …
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Crime, culture and collecting: the illicit cycad market in South Africa
… have not been explored in the literature on wildlife crime. First, while illicit markets around commodities such as drugs and weapons are fuelled by consumers arguably in need of, or addicted to, the product, the desires of buyers that shape wildlife markets are often shaped by cultural norms …
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Securitisation of the response to rhinoceros poaching in South Africa
… actors initiated the security framing of broader wildlife crime issues, which South Africa eventually accepted and reinforced as a dominant narrative. Aligning with the global actors was possible because of the historical security-based politics and aimed to achieve more favourable image of …
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Science into action: the challenge of effective knowledge exchange in freshwater biodiversity management
… pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, wildlife crime, and climate change. These have resulted in a species extinction rate three times faster than seen in terrestrial habitats. The anthropogenic nature of the threats points to an anthropogenic solution.<br/>There is widespread …
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Developing novel methodological approaches to understand the harvest and conservation of Neotropical wildlife
… insights into the extent and characteristics of wildlife harvest and trade across large spatial scales: expert knowledge and federal enforcement reports. First, using caiman as a model taxon, I surveyed experts across the Brazilian Amazon using a Likert-style questionnaire (Chapter 2). The …