People Not Poaching

Communities & Illegal Wildlife Trade Learning Platform: Sharing experiences of community-based initiatives being used to combat poaching. From @iied & @iucnsuli

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

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.

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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." https://t.co/72uKN80mhc

[Ivonne Higuero @ivonnehiguero]

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) https://t.co/Ql8oOB3KW9

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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." https://t.co/Gi1xh4s8cv

[Timothy Kuiper @TimothyKuiper]

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: https://t.co/gknUx7wG6L

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[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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

https://t.co/WVTyBOGu50

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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." https://t.co/FwqNE9Eud8

[FAO Forestry @FAOForestry]

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

#ForNature

[Alexandra Zimmermann @zimm_alex]

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 https://t.co/7bI94nM5R5

[Rosaleen Duffy @biosec_erc]

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

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

https://t.co/CKTxR821Lg via @mongabay

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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 https://t.co/zKBWLwHGP6

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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."

https://t.co/cK0WiTWNGL

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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." https://t.co/o9IAqFxTmK

[Kumar Paudel @kmrpaudel]

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.

https://t.co/nmNTUa9cIX

[Peggy Crawford @PeggyLCrawford]

#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

[IUCN SULi @IUCNSULi]

SULi Digest Highlight ➡️ This report presents evidence from twelve @CommunitiesIWT case studies + discusses eight key lessons from these community-focussed interventions to tackle #IllegalWildlifeTrade -> https://t.co/2dEer4L3aO @IIED

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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" https://t.co/yjUJpI5EDB

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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 -> https://t.co/xmoSSM74M0

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

"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"

https://t.co/j2PxfN3xtj
@mongabay @tusk_org

[People Not Poaching @CommunitiesIWT]

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 -. https://t.co/YgI3Lzl5Oh