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