Wildlife

Market-based incentives and private ownership of wildlife to remedy shortfalls in government funding for conservation

In some parts of the world, proprietorship, price incentives, and devolved responsibility for management, accompanied by effective regulation, have increased wildlife and protected habitats, particularly for iconic and valuable species. Elsewhere, market incentives are constrained by policies and laws, and in some places virtually prohibited. In Australia and New Zealand, micro economic reform has enhanced innovation and improved outcomes in many areas of the economy, but economic liberalism and competition are rarely applied to the management of wildlife.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2016
George R. Wilson, Matt W. Hayward, Charlie Wilson
Conservation Letters
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Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Management, Protected Area Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, Endangered Species, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Wildlife Trade, Wildlife Tourism
Wildlife

In transition: Bangkok’s ivory market

Surveys by TRAFFIC have found a huge fall in the amount of ivory openly for sale in Thailand’s Bangkok markets over the past two years from a high of 7,421 ivory items in 2014 to just 283 products by June this year – a 96 per cent drop.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2016
Kanitha Krishnasamy, Tom Milliken, Chution Savini
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Elephant, Wildlife Trade, Thailand, Wildlife, Illegal Trade
Wildlife

Reduced to skin and bones re-examined: an analysis of Tiger seizures from 13 range countries from 2000-2015

A new report from TRAFFIC and WWF finds no evidence of a decline in tiger trafficking across Asia, with parts equating to a minimum of 1755 tigers seized between 2000 and 2015 – an average of more than two animals per week.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2016
Sarah Stoner, Kanitha Krishnasamy
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Tiger, Asia, India, Poaching
Wildlife

Reduced to skin and bones re-examined: an analysis of Tiger seizures from 13 range countries from 2000-2015

A new report from TRAFFIC and WWF finds no evidence of a decline in tiger trafficking across Asia, with parts equating to a minimum of 1755 tigers seized between 2000 and 2015 – an average of more than two animals per week.

Publication Date: 
29/09/2016
Sarah Stoner, Kanitha Krishnasamy
TRAFFIC
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Tiger, Asia, India, Poaching
Wildlife

African elephants 'suffer worst decline in 25 years'

Africa's elephant population has suffered its worst drop in 25 years, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said on Sunday, blaming the plummeting numbers on poaching.

Publication Date: 
26/09/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Africa, Elephant, Poaching, Wildlife Trade, Wildlife

African elephant status report 2016

The report is an authoritative source of knowledge about the numbers and distribution of African elephant populations across their 37 range states in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents more than 275 new or updated estimates for individual elephant populations across Africa, with over 180 of these arising from systematic surveys.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2016
IUCN
Tags:
Elephant, Endangered Species, Africa, Poaching, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Conflicts
Wildlife

Centre proposes stricter laws to stop wildlife trade

NEW DELHI: Seeking to provide more teeth to the existing wildlife protection law, the Centre is looking for an option to introduce clauses of stricter punishment and to change the law to bring it i

Publication Date: 
23/08/2016
Vishwa Mohan
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Act 1972, Poaching, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Environment

World Nature Conservation day: 5 things India is doing to protect its resources

World Nature Conservation day is celebrated on July 28 across the world in order to raise awareness about protecting nature and conserving our natural resources.

Publication Date: 
29/07/2016
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Urbanisation, Deforestation, Wildlife Trade, Environmental Security, Waste Management, Tiger Conservation, Wetlands, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Wildlife

239 rhinos killed in 16 years in Assam: govt

Guwahati: A total of 239 rhinos were killed by poachers in the last 16 years in Assam, Forest Minister Pramila Rani Brahma said on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Assam, Rhinoceros, Poaching, Wildlife Trade, Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

Illegal wildlife trade on quikr, olx, eBay, amazon: Government

Trade of rare animals and their body parts is going on through popular websites including quikr, olx, eBay, amazon and youtube, the government said on Monday.

Publication Date: 
19/07/2016
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Wildlife Crime Bureau, Poaching, Endangered Species, Wildlife

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