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Wildlife protection and trafficking assessment in Kenya - Drivers and trends of transnational wildlife crime in Kenya and its role as a transit point for trafficked species in East Africa
… MEA Multi-lateral Environmental Agreement MIKE Monitoring Illegal Killing of Elephants NEMA National Environmental … examines wildlife crime in Kenya and its linkages to illegal wildlife trade dynamics in the East African region. … billion $19 billion Timber $7 billion $30 billion (illegal logging) Fish $4.2 to 9.5 billion $23.5 billion (illegal …
Legal aspects of Connectivity Conservation Volume 1 - A Concept Paper
… on-site stresses such as poor management, pollution, illegal logging or fishing, introduction of invasive alien species, … This may occur even where those activities are illegal and the resources are already depleted (Mora and …
Payments for Ecosystem Services - Legal and Institutional Frameworks
… from one’s property, can here serve as a defence against illegal exploitation. As mentioned before in Chapter 3, … 95 3.5 Protection from Illegal … natural resources is a critical problem in Peru. Illegal logging, for example, is very hard to control and is … exploit specific valuable timber species. These selective logging activities accelerate ecosystem degradation. …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… forests started to become endangered due to excessive logging. Consequently an inventory project on border-forests … summer holidays. In 2003, in Albania for the first time illegal houses were destroyed and the Administration is … itself stayed in a close-to-natural condition, free of illegal building. Open shallow lakes in the depression …
Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor
… of the poor 15 to review and, if needed, revise logging and other natural resource concessions to ensure that … natural resource extraction industries, that discourage illegal or unsustainable harvesting, consumption and trade in … is paid to increasing public awareness on the rules of illegal wildlife trade. Further to that, each member state …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… was developed in response to external pressures such as logging and mining which were damaging the environment and … and traditional practices caused by broad scale mining and illegal logging. This was resulting in 45 ASOCASAN et al. … in an integrated and participatory way.49 Additionally, illegal activities were not being investigated or punished …
Pay : Establishing payments for watershed services
… who adopted improved forest management, such as low impact logging, received additional logging permits for new areas. … rights)? • How are land and resources protected from illegal expropriation? All of these tenure issues need to be … well lead these stakeholders to revert to unsustainable or illegal land uses to generate revenues. “THE DESIGN OF …
Transboundary protected areas for peace and co-operation
… is possible through joint management. 8. Poaching and illegal trade across boundaries are better controlled by … and/or cultural resources, or to trafficking or other illegal activities. Support and facilitate conflict … activities such as wildlife poaching and unauthorised logging. Goal II: Utilize Biosphere Reserves as Models of …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… forest at a rate of roughly 200 000 ha per year and illegal timber trading is rife (World Bank Report 2006). … interests continue to influence decision making, illegal armed groups operate in some areas, and many people … factors motivated the local community. First, illegal logging was reducing the forest cover in the buffer zone. …