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

Panthera is currently leading or supporting conservation activities in five of the 12 snow leopard range countries across Asia, with the goal of expanding to all 12 snow leopard range states in the future. 

This report summarises insights from decades of research on community wildlife management, and draws lessons from new analyses focused specifically on engaging Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in combating the illegal trade in wildlife (ITW).

Illegal transnational wildlife trade attracts considerable attention yet this is frequently directed towards law enforcement and demand reduction, neglecting effective incentives for community-based and private sector management.

Alarming rises in illegal wildlife trade (IWT) show that tough law enforcement is not enough to stop poachers devastating populations of iconic or endangered species.

The escalating illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the most high‐profile conservation challenges today.

Illegal wildlife trade has surged in recent years the resulting crisis has attracted millions of dollars of funding, mostly directed at increased law enforcement.

High levels of illegal resource use in two of Uganda’s national parks show the need to rethink current approaches to combatting wildlife crime.

Illegal wildlife trade (IWT), and particularly poaching of high value iconic species such as elephants, rhinos and tigers, is at the top of the international conservation agenda.

This manual provides detailed guidance for implementing the ‘Local communities: First Line of Defence against illegal wildlife trade (FLoD)’ methodology to articulate, contrast and compare the assumptions, perceptions, and logic flows of communities and project designers/implementers that are eng