Community Support for CWT
Combating Wildlife Trafficking Learning Exchange: Meeting Report
In November 2019, USAID hosted a regional CWT learning exchange in Bangkok, Thailand.
Measuring Efforts to Combat Wildlife Crime: A Toolkit for Improving Action and Accountability
This resource (also known as the CWT Toolkit) includes results chains, suggested indicators, and suggested outcome statements for ten common strategic approaches to combat wildlife crime.
Estimating the economic losses to tourism in Africa from illegal killing of elephants
Recent published report that suggests that attempts to quantify economic damages to African economies from the elephant poaching crisis.
WildLeaks
WildLeaks is the world’s first, secure, online whistleblower initiative dedicated to Wildlife and Forest Crime.
The Disappearing Act: The Illicit Trade in Wildlife in Asia
A Foreign Policy working paper by the Brookings Institution that reviews the current status of illegal wildlife trade in Asia and provides a broad set of guidelines for designing policy responses.
Conservation, Crime and Communities: Case Studies of Efforts to Engage Local Communities in Tackling Illegal Wildlife Trade
A series of case studies that explore “well-known and less well-known examples of both the highs and lows of engaging local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade.
Poaching Is More Than an Enforcement Problem
A policy paper that explores strategies to reduce poaching other than enforcement, including demand reduction, farmed wildlife, social marketing, and incentivizing and empowering local communities.
Policing the Wilderness: A Descriptive Study of Wildlife Conservation Officers in South Africa
A qualitative case study of the careers of field rangers in South Africa using data gathered from interviews and observation in six public and private game reserves, two training schools, and a university program.
Occupational Stress Among Law Enforcement Rangers: Insights from Uganda
A 2015 exploratory study of Ugandan law enforcement rangers’ perceptions of occupational stress in a protected area.
Sustainable Conservation Approaches in Priority Ecosystems (SCAPES) Ustyurt Landscape Conservation Initiative (ULCI)
Final report for the Ustyurt Landscape Conservation Initiative (UCLI), a USAID-funded activity under the SCAPES program, implemented from 2009 to 2014.
Successful Reduction in Rhino Poaching in Nepal
This journal article is a case study of Nepal’s successful efforts to reduce rhino poaching, and contains a review of the actions taken by the Nepalese government and partners, statistics of rhino poaching and populations, and the factors which may have contributed to a sharp decline in poaching.
Rewards and Risks Associated with Community Engagement in Anti-Poaching and Anti-Trafficking
This Biodiversity Research Paper explores the roles communities do and should play in countering wildlife crime, motivations, and benefits for individuals and communities to engage in anti-poaching and anti-trafficking efforts, and risks and mitigation of risks associated with involvement.
