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.

Conservationist and TED Fellow Moreangels Mbizah studied the famous Cecil the lion until he was shot by a trophy hunter in 2015.

To what extent and how do men and women differ in their attitudes about poaching?

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

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.