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Rosie Cooney
(IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group www.iucn.org/suli)
Dilys Roe
(International Institute for Environment and Development, London www.iied.org)
Beyond Enforcement: Communities, Governance, Incentives and Sustainable Use in Combating Wildlife CrimeMuldersdrift, South Africa, February 2015
Objectives and Approach of the Symposium
Origins of symposium• IIED – SULi shared interests in sustainable use and CBNRM• IIED – SULi – CEED “Elephant in the Room” briefing paper Feb 2014• United for Wildlife Symposium on Combatting Wildlife Crime Feb
2014• London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade Feb 2014
• Austrian Ministry of Environment 2011 conference on CITES and CBNRM
• TRAFFIC – key partner for wildlife trade issues
Responses to illegal wildlife trade
Law enforcement
Reducing demand
for illegal products
Supporting communities
and livelihoods
This symposium
Law enforcement
Reducing demand
Supporting communities and
livelihoods
Beyond Enforcement: Communities, Governance, Incentives and Sustainable Use in Combating Wildlife Crime
The process
from LondonFebruary 2014
to KasaneMarch 2015
seeking to inform development of policy and implementation of commitments
Objectives
Evaluate:• can community-level interventions can make a difference
to levels of illegal wildlife trade?• what sort of interventions?• under what circumstances?• summed up in “Theory of Change”
The programmeSection 1: Introduction
Section 2: Wildlife crime and local communities: why bother?a. Communities and wildlife crime: what are the linkages?
b. Enforcement strategies: when do they work, and what are the limitations?
c. Impacts of enforcement-led strategies on communities and community-based conservation
Section 3: Responding to the London Declaration commitmentsd. Understanding and quantifying the negative impact of wildlife crime on
sustainable livelihoods and economic development
e. Engaging indigenous and local communities in conservation: the role of governance, rights and incentives, and challenges of this approach
f. Involving communities in law enforcement efforts
Symposium Statement and Recommendations
Panel discussion: reflecting on implications for practice and policy
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