| CITES
Afrique: Newsletter of the SSN Africa Regional Bureau |
| ISSUE |
TOPICS
COVERED |
|
December 2011 (v. 4, i. 4) |
·
Stopping Illegal International Wildlife Trade
· Western Black Rhinoceroses Declared Extinct
· Funding Opportunities for African Elephant
Conservation
· Customs Directors Calling on Regional Operations
to Stop Species Trafficking
· SSN Member: Greenpeace
International
|
|
March 2011 (v. 4, i. 3) |
·
Appeal for stronger enforcement measures to protect gorillas
· Crackdown on illegal ivory trade in Thailand
· Collaboration between CITES and Nigeria
· Reconstitution of the CITES Scientific
Authority in Liberia
· SSN Member: Conservation
Justice
|
|
February 2011 (v. 4, i. 2) |
·
Highest number of rhino deaths ever
recorded in South Africa in 2010
· Unprecedented seizure of wildlife products
in Gabon
· Recent elephant census results show
negative impact of poaching in Kenya
· SSN Member: Animal
Defenders International
|
|
December 2010-January 2011 (v. 4, i. 1) |
·
Regional Enforcement Success in Central Africa
· Lions on the Brink of Extinction in Central Africa
· Partnership with the EU Against Illegal Timber
Exports
· Critically Endangered Mountain Gorillas on the Rise
· SSN Member: Defenders
of Wildlife
|
|
November 2010 (v. 3, i. 6) |
·
The ITTO-CITES Collaborative Program
· New International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime
· New Protected Areas in Tunisia
· Major Arrests of Ivory Dealers in Gabon
· SSN Member: Whale and
Dolphin
Conservation Society (WDCS)
|
|
September-October 2010 (v. 3, i. 5) |
·
Differentiating Between Wild and Artificially Propagated Plants
· One Fifth of Vertebrates Threatened
· Big Cats Initiative
· Ivory Dealers Arrested in Yaoundé, Cameroon
· SSN Member: Robin
des Bois
|
|
August 2010 (v. 3, i. 4) |
·
Human-Elephant Conflict on the Rise in Liberia
· Tackling the Illegal Trade in Sea Cucumbers in Comoros
· Four-Month Bushmeat Hunting Ban in Ghana
· SSN Member: Fondation
Franz Weber
|
|
July 2010 (v. 3, i. 3) |
·
35th Anniversary of CITES
· Illegal trade in cheetahs from East Africa to the
Middle East
· New chimpanzee population estimates in Sierra
Leone
· Protection of hippos in
Burkina Faso
· Ban of wildlife exports in Liberia
· SSN Member: Save
the Elephants
|
|
June 2010 (v. 3, i. 2) |
·
Listing species in CITES Appendix III
· Post CoP15 report on poaching and ivory seizures
· Progress with CITES implementation in Nigeria
· SSN Member: Eurogroup
for Animals
|
|
May 2010 (v. 3, i. 1) |
·
Success of African Elephant Coalition
· Future of Gorillas Compromised
· Marine Species Protection Fails
· Bavin Awards
· Madagascar plant listings
· SSN Member: Royal
Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)
|
|
August-September
2008 (v. 1, i. 11) |
· CITES
Guidelines on Transport of Live Animals
· Primates and Gorillas in Jeopardy
· Periodic Review of the Appendices
· SSN Member: Animal
Welfare Institute |
| June-July
2008
(v. 1, i. 10)
|
·
Honoring Wildlife Enforcement Heroes
· World’s Largest Protected Wetlands in DRC
· Second Meeting of the African Elephant Coalition and Latest CITES
Decisions
· SSN Member: International
Environmental Law Project (IELP)
|
| April-May
2008
(v. 1, i. 9) |
·
African Cranes Threatened by International Trade
· USA is One of the Largest Ivory Markets
· Remembering Jeheskel Shoshani
· Animals Committee (AC23) Results
· AC23 and Capacity-Building in the African Region
· Ivory Trafficking in Kenya
· Cyber-Criminals in Congo and Cameroon
· Ivory Smuggler Arrested in Congo
· SSN Member: Environmental
Investigation Agency (EIA) |
| March
2008
(v. 1, i. 8) |
·
Meetings
of the Animals and Plants Committees
· Interpol Donation to Anti-Poaching Work in Kenya
· Arrests of Poachers in Malawi
· Suspension of Export Authorizations in Madagascar
· SSN Member: Care
for the Wild International (CWI) |
| February
2008
(v. 1, i. 7) |
· Imposition
of Trade Sanctions Under CITES
· Gorillas in DRC, Uganda and Rwanda
· A Coalition for African Elephant Conservation
· The Bafing Reserve in Mali
· SSN Member: International
Primate Protection League (IPPL)
|
January
2008
(v. 1, i. 6)
|
· Disposal of Confiscated
Live Animals
· Barbary Macaque Conservation in Morocco
· 2008 SSN calendar
· Grey Parrots Seized in Cameroon
· Vulture Sanctuary in Guinea
· SSN Member: Last
Great Ape Organization (LAGA)
|
December
2007
(v. 1, i. 5)
|
· Identifying CITES-Listed
Species
· Bonobo Reserve in the DRC
· Seized Gorillas Returned to Cameroon
· Increasing Black Rhinoceros in Kenya
· SSN Member: David
Shepherd Wildlife Foundation
|
| November
2007
(v. 1, i. 4) |
· Elephants: the MIKE Program
· Elephant Ivory Seized in Canada
· CITES on Non-Detriment Findings
· Garoua School of Fauna in Cameroon
· SSN Member: Pro
Wildlife
|
| October
2007
(v. 1, i. 3) |
· Conservation of Sea Turtles
· IUCN Red List: Apes, Corals, Vultures, Dolphins
· Preparation of CITES National Reports
· Conservation of Sea Turtles in Djibouti
· SSN Member: Pan
African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA)
|
| September
2007
(v. 1, i. 2) |
· International Trade in Bushmeat
· Hunting Embargo in Ghana
· CITES Implementation: Interpol
· Sierra Leone Protects Chimpanzees
· SSN Member: Humane
Society International |
| August
2007
(v. 1, i. 1) |
· Results of CITES CoP14
· North African Gazelles
· CITES Implementation: Illicit Ivory Trade
· Gorilla Naming in Rwanda
· SSN Member: Born
Free Foundation |
