Eighteenth meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019. The inclusion of all populations of Loxodonta africana (African elephant) in Appendix I through the transfer from Appendix II to Appendix I of the populations of...
CITES – Proposal for Amendment of Annotation for Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
Eighteenth meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties, Colombo (Sri Lanka), 23 May – 3 June 2019. Amendment to Annotation 2 pertaining to the elephant populations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Read full proposal for amendment here:...
The National Norms and Standards for the Management of Elephants in South Africa
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BIODIVERSITY ACT, 2004 (ACT NO. 10 OF 2004) THE NATIONAL NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA I, Derek Andre Hanekom, Minister of Environmental Affairs (Acting), hereby under section 9(1), read with...
EU Action Plan against Wildlife Trafficking
Brussels SWD(2016) 38 final Introduction Wildlife trafficking is not a new phenomenon, but its scale, nature and impact have changed considerably in recent years. Wildlife trafficking today is not only bringing some iconic species to the brink of extinction, but also...