| 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
toprotect 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 |
| Agosto 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 |
| Julio 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 |
