Poaching is contributing to rapid declines in elephant populations across Africa.

Heloderma Natural Reserve is a 58 ha private owned protected land, managed by the local NGO Zootropic. The program is focused on strengthening of local capacities for conservation, law reinforcement, public awareness programs, education programs and applied scientific research.

In the Moskitia region of Honduras, poachers seek out the chicks and eggs of wild scarlet macaws in order to sell them in the illegal pet trade.

Community- Based Anti-Poaching Operation (CBAPO) in Nepal is the unique community- based initiatives of wildlife conservation that involves local people in the process of managing their own natural resources.

This community-based Wildlife Crime Prevention Action Plan for Murchison Falls protected area (PA), Uganda, aims to provide a strategic vision to address wildlife crime within the boundaries of the PA and surrounding communities for the period 2017-2023.

Wildlife trafficking is not purely a conservation and environmental management problem but constitutes a highly sophisticated form of serious transnational organised crime that is a threat to national security.

This report provides an overview of existing and emerging tools and resources to combat the Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT). A description of each tool is provided, followed by information on their current utilisation and potential applications.

The overall objective of the strategy is to prevent and reduce with the view of eliminating the illegal exploitation and illegal trade in wild fauna and flora in Africa through the domestication and implementation of an Africa wide strategic framework.