Elephant in the Room: CITES and African Elephants

Elephant in the Room: CITES and African Elephants

By By John Scanlon AO, Jonathan Barzdo, and Greta F. Iori – IISD SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB In Memoriam. Richard Leakey, Kenyan conservationist and paleoanthropologist The international community has been unable to put into place adequate safeguards to manage the trade,...
CITES processes are corrupt, says report

CITES processes are corrupt, says report

By Africa Geographic Editorial In a recent report, TRAFFIC highlights how corruption undermines the CITES processes and regulations, using specific examples of abuse of the documentation process. The study was part of the USAID-funded Targeting Natural Resource...