L-R: Aaron
Cosbey, Mahnaz Malik, and Howard Mann, IISD
The
Lusaka Agreement on Cooperative Enforcement Operations Directed at Illegal
Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora held its ninth Governing Council Meeting in
Kampala, Uganda, on 3 October 2008. The Governing Council was preceded by a
two-day Meeting of Experts, which identified a number of common and challenging
issues facing parties.
Traditional
poaching has given way to more sophisticated commercial poaching stretching the
resources of wildlife enforcement agencies across Africa. Rapidly expanding
human populations are increasingly leading to human – wildlife conflicts, with
no or limited compensation schemes for injuries or property damage.
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