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25 Oct 2022
We are excited to announce a new People not Poaching publication!
The report centres on 8 lessons from community-focussed anti-IWT projects from across Southeast Asia, South America sub-Saharan Africa was developed with partners from 12 of the case studies on the platform.
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"To truly tackle the issues of why numbers of elephants are still under threat, it is important to remember that the conservation success that results in ⬆️ #elephant populations comes with the very real increased threat to people’s lives livelihoods." buff.ly/3wiqDpz
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17 Jan 2023
is essential to tackling illegal elephant killing, along w/ the traditional focus on law enforcement. I would add that development of sustainable financing for elephant/wildlife conservation could provide positive incentives for local communities. (2) bit.ly/3CTc0Na
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17 Jan 2023
"Some residents of Khariakandi, however, decided to protect the birds from the hunters and raise public awareness to discourage hunting. Today, the village, with a human population of just 800, is now also home to thousands of birds." news.mongabay.com/2023/01/bi…
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11 Jan 2023
Just out: We found that elephant poaching was lower at parks where surrounding human well-being was higher (based on excellent household survey data)
We also found corruption, law enforcement, and ivory price effects.
Summary: theconversation.com/elephant…
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10 Jan 2023
"But the militarized response also violates human rights and, in so doing, threatens the long-term viability of conservation by alienating local communities whose support is needed for conservation’s success" @LibbyLunstrum
gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/01/…
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6 Jan 2023
"And those solutions, in our experience, are all interconnected — they will have something to do with health care or economic well-being or education. Provide them with help in these areas, and the communities usually stop resorting to cutting trees." news.mongabay.com/2023/01/ne…
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15 Dec 2022
Measures to address illegal wildlife trade should be co-designed, co-developed and jointly implemented with #IndigenousPeoples and local communities who depend on biodiversity on a daily basis, #CPWildlife secretary @krikrisan_fao tells #COP15 #CPWildlife side event
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16 Dec 2022
Human-wildlife conflict is included in the @UNBiodiversity Global Biodiversity Framework being negotiated at @CBD_COP15 🌎Here are some thoughts on why it matters and what approaches may be needed for enabling coexistence & monitoring progress @hwctf @IUCN theconversation.com/un-biodi…
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People Not Poaching retweeted
12 Dec 2022
Very much looking forward to delivering this @LinneanSociety lecture- it is online, free to attend and open to all. You can book a place on the link below
12 Dec 2022
📣Our colleague @biosec_erc will be talking about her new book on #Security #Conservation #IWT in @LinneanSociety lecture
📅26 January
⏲️18.00-19.15 GMT/Cape Town 20.00/Beijing next day
02.00/13.00 New York
💻online
You can book a place here 👇
beastlybusiness.org/2022/12/…
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2 Dec 2022
"I found that #conservancies actually heightened tensions among Samburu communities. Creating zones of land use and restricting grazing makes it necessary to maintain boundaries and refuse access to non-members." Via @TC_Africa buff.ly/3H1vmm8
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1 Dec 2022
"The SMART software makes it possible to collect, store, communicate and analyze ranger-collected data on illegal activities, biodiversity, patrol routes and management actions to understand where efforts should focus and to evaluate ranger performance."
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29 Nov 2022
"The @CITES Secretariat urged countries to understand how #gender interacts with factors related to legal and illegal trade of wild species of plants and animals and take them into account while designing interventions." buff.ly/3F8Oc9u
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23 Nov 2022
Thrilled to share my conversation with @BBCEarth on how & why we are using traditional music to stop wildlife poaching, using insights from my interviews with wildlife prisoners.
Listen to the BBC Podcast, episode Threat, starting at 24:15 to hear me.
play.acast.com/s/bbcearthpod…
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23 Nov 2022
#CITESCoP19 snippet (on combatting illegal trade in wildlife): Local communities have to get more out of conserving wildlife than it costs to conserve wildlife. (@IUCNSULi) #IncreaseIncentives #IncreaseCostsOfParticipatingInIllegalTrade #DecreaseCostsOfLivingWithWildlife
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SULi Digest Highlight ➡️ This report presents evidence from twelve @CommunitiesIWT case studies discusses eight key lessons from these community-focussed interventions to tackle #IllegalWildlifeTrade -> buff.ly/3thvgOX @IIED
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21 Nov 2022
"Strides have been made in #forest protection over the past decade, but...the February 2021 military coup have severely hampered community-level efforts to safeguard the country’s ecosystems from development" news.mongabay.com/2022/11/my…
18 Nov 2022
"In Guinea Bissau, community members from the regions of Bafatá, Gabú, Canchungo, Caió, Calequesse, have established a poisoning alert network after being involved in events, actions and trainings in the framework of the project."
Via @BirdLife_News -> buff.ly/3X5Ky7r
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17 Nov 2022
"We are responsible for safeguarding natural, as well as cultural and historical heritage, as well as protecting the rights and wellbeing of present and future generations"
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@mongabay @tusk_org
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16 Nov 2022
Interesting webinar from @ursa4rangers Equilibrium Research that will share the outputs of a scoping project to identify simple, practical guidance to strengthen #ranger-community relationships.
November 24th at 1:30 PM Universal Time UTC -. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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