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WCC 2012 Rec 138 - Activity Report

Submitted by jenkinsr on Mon, 09/07/2015 - 08:45
Información general
Conservación de las especies de rinoceronte en África y Asia
Constituyente de la UICN: 
Cambridge Office
Tipo de Constituyente de la UICN: 
IUCN Secretariat
Período de actividades: 
2015
Ámbito geográfico: 
África
Sur y Este asiático
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Qué otros Miembros de la UICN están o han estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries & The Environment ( DEA ) / South Africa
Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation ( DNPWC ) / Nepal
Directorate General Ecosystem and Natural Resources Conservation, Ministry of Environment and Forestry / Indonesia
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change / India
Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife / Kenya
Qué Comisiones de la UICN están o han estado implicados en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
No lo sé
IUCN Species Survival Commission 2013-2016 (SSC)
Si el Secretariado de la UICN está o ha estado implicado en la implementación de esta Resolución?: 
No
Implementación
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
Acci�nDescripción
Convocar a partes interesadas/creaci�n de redes• South Africa’s GEF rhino support project seeks to boost forensic and investigative capacity in the country. ...
Actividades de campoCamera trapping of the Sumatran Rhino
Actividades de campoCapacity building of law enforcement and judiciary to improved surveillance, detection and prosecution
Actividades de campo• In Africa progress has been achieved with Mozambique finally passing legislation criminalising rhino offences with provision in law for deterrent sentences for the first time. Regulations to go with the new laws are currently being drafted with legal assistance of Peace Parks Foundation. ...
Otra actividad• The need for better intelligence gathering has been articulated in various fora but there still remains a need for better intelligence data collection and analysis (such as social network analysis) aimed higher up criminal syndicates (levels 3-5) rather than at the lower poacher, local courier level where most intelligence is currently collected. ...
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticas• All range states are supportive of demand reduction initiatives in implicated states in the hope they will succeed and help reduce demand and take the pressure off rhinos. This has also been strongly promoted by CITES. ...
Influencia pol�tica/promoci�n de pol�ticas• This amongst other issues is being promoted by both the new Southern African Development Community (SADC) Law Enforcement and Anti-Poaching Strategy and the African Union’s African Strategy on Combating Illegal Exploitation and Illegal Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora ...
Actividades t�cnicas/cient�ficas• IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group (SULi), the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), the Austrian Ministry of Environment, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED), University of Queensland, and TRAFFIC jointly organised an important “Beyond Enforcment” meeting to examine community led approaches to combating...
Actividades t�cnicas/cient�ficas• The RhoDIS rhino DNA database system is increasingly being used in investigations and court cases. Samples have been and are being supplied by many range states including South Africa, Nambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Uganda. ...
Indique cuáles han sido los resultados/logros obtenidos en el marco de las actividades realizadas: 
Efforts to conserve rhinos have resulted in reduced poaching rates in some areas, but the fate of the Javan and Sumatran rhino remain of grave concern. White rhinos in Africa continue to be the target of organised poaching gangs, despite increased enforcement efforts.
¿Qué esfuerzos se están llevando a cabo para superar dichos obstáculos?: 
None specifically
Indique y describa brevemente las actividades que se realizarán en el futuro para la implementación de esta Resolución: 
Acción FuturaDescripción
Actividades t�cnicas/cient�ficas