Please download: Combating Poaching and the Illegal Wildlife Trade (Ivory, Rhino Horn) in Africa and Asia

The causes of poaching in Africa and the related illegal international trade in ivory and rhino horn are complex and combating them requires cross-border, cross-regional and cross-sectoral approaches.

BMZ, in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), therefore commis-sioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusam-menarbeit (GIZ) through a dedicated fund for cross-cutting political cooperation (Polifund) in order to implement the project “Combating Poaching and Illegal Wildlife Trade (Ivory and Rhino Horn) in Africa and Asia”. It aims at improv-ing the conditions for combating poaching and the illicit trade in ivory and rhino horn on a cross-sectoral, cross-border and transcontinental level.

The project examines the issue of poaching along the entire illegal trade chain, from the countries of origin in Africa to the consumers (mainly in Asia). It pursues the objective of simultaneously influencing supply and demand while linking necessary short-term interventions with long-term development measures.

Transformation processes will be trig-gered at key stages of the illegal trade chain. For this pur-pose, the project coordinates the expertise and capacities of governmental, non-governmental, and private actors, and promotes cross-sectoral and cross-border cooperation, particularly between African and Asian countries. Specific activities in partner countries are implemented in collaboration with governmental and non-governmental organisa-tions in the countries themselves and in close cooperation with bilateral projects and programmes of German devel-opment cooperation and with regional organisations.

For more Information, please consult the following PDF Document: Crime" Wildlife - Germany undertakes ...

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