The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is a global issue that threatens the conservation of many species of fauna and flora and affects the livelihoods of people who are dependent upon wildlife.

A compilation of People not Poaching case studies from the SADC region.

Trading Years for Wildlife lifts the lid on why 45 offenders who are incarcerated in six different Namibian Correctional Service facilities, turned towards the illegal wildlife trade.

TRAFFIC interviewed 73 convicted wildlife offenders in 25 South African prisons to gain a nuanced understanding of their motivations and develop targeted interventions.

Five case studies of community-based approaches to tackling illegal wildlife trade in Tanzania. 

This report covers findings of a baseline study undertaken to understand communities’ 
engagement in tackling Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) and their involvement in developing IWT 
projects and programmes.   

This chapter draws on an innovative “theory of change” approach undertaken for engaging local communities in combatting illegal wildlife trade which was piloted in three community conserved areas in Kenya between 2016 and 2018, home to Temminck's pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) as well as

To effectively fight poaching and illegal wildlife trade (IWT), governments, NGOs and their partners across Latin America must listen to, engage with and provide incentives for the communities that live alongside wildlife.

The ‘ghost of the mountain’, as the enigmatic and elusive snow leopard is known, ekes out an existence in some of the harshest environments on earth, ranging across vast tracts of the remote and rocky mountain habitats of Central Asia.

In February 2015, the ‘Beyond Enforcement’ symposium brought together over 70 researchers, community representatives, United Nations and government officials and NGOs to explore whether and under what circumstances community-based interventions are likely to achieve success in combating current p