Survival or Extinction?: How to Save Elephants and Rhinos

ISBN-13: 9783030132927 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 582 str.

Bridget Martin

Opis

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction

PART I:    CAST OF ‘CHARACTERS’

Chapter 2: The Animals: Elephants, Rhinos and People              

                                 

PART II:   THE LAW  

Chapter 3: CITES and the CBD           

Chapter 4: Sustainable Use: golden thread or fool’s gold?             

                                     

PART III:   THE COMMODITIES

Chapter 5: Elephant Ivory and Rhino Horn                                                   

Chapter 6: The Products, their Retail Outlets, their Sellers and their Buyers 

                                                               

PART IV: POACHING AND SMUGGLING

Chapter 7: Poaching and its Consequences                                      

Chapter 8: The Survivors                                             

Chapter 9: Smugglers and Smuggling Routes              

                                                               

PART V: THE ONE-OFF SALES OF ELEPHANT IVORY

Chapter 10: The One-off Sales of Elephant Ivory and their Aftermath    

                                           

PART VI: SURVEYING THE IVORY MARKETS             

Chapter 11: The Confusing Nature of Ivory Markets                                                       

Chapter 12:  Researchers and their Methodology         

Chapter 13: Markets in Africa                                                      

Chapter 14: Markets in Southeast Asia                                      

Chapter 15: Markets in the United States of America                                                   

Chapter 16: Markets in the UK                                                       

                                     

PART VII: ILLEGAL TRADING IN RHINO HORN             

Chapter 17: The History of Rhinoceros Listing on CITES               

Chapter 18: The Illegal Trade in Rhino Horn                                                                                           

PART VIII: OTHER PROBLEMS REVEALED       

Chapter 19: In Which We Meet Our First Organized Crime Gang and The Law is Changed

Chapter 20: Organized Crime                                         

Chapter 21: Rebel Militia and ‘Blood Ivory’                                                                                               

Chapter 22: The Internet                                                                                                                                

Chapter 23: Religious Ivory                                                                                           

Chapter 24: Bribery and Corruption           

                                                  

PART IX:    ENFORCEMENT 

Chapter 25: The Enforcers  

Chapter 26: Seizures and arrests  

Chapter 27: Evidence  

Chapter 28: Prosecutions  

Chapter 29: Technology to the Rescue   

PART X: IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS

Chapter 30: The London Conference and what followed

Chapter 31: CoP16 

Chapter 32: Updates on Some Countries  

Chapter 33: Rhino Trophy Hunting in South Africa

PART XI: RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Chapter 34: Research  

Chapter 35: Education  

PART XII: SUSTAINABLE USE

Chapter 36: The CBD Re-visited  

Chapter 37: Sustainable Use: Contentious Issues

PART XIII:  SEEDS OF HOPE  

Chapter 38: People

Chapter 39: Countries  

Chapter 40: Zoos, ecosystems and translocations  

PART XIV: TOWARDS A RESOLUTION

Chapter 41: Last Chance to Save

Chapter 42: Living Together: Resolutions to Human-elephant Conflict and Other Problems  

Chapter 43: Working Together Creates People Power  

Chapter 44: Survival or Extinction?  

O autorze

Bridget Martin is Senior Lecturer in Law Emeritus at Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire. Having a passion for the natural environment, Bridget spent many happy years teaching Wildlife Law and Environmental Law to students from a number of disciplines. She has also written many articles on the protection of wildlife. Survival or Extinction began as an article, but grew, and grew, until it eventually morphed into a book.

Blurb

Written with passion for anyone interested in seeing an end to the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, this book shows how, by working together, people all over the world who care about these animals are gradually bringing about change for the better. It takes an overview of how the current situation came to pass by exploring poaching and its devastating consequences and the pivotal role of organized crime. The discussion of how matters are starting to improve covers the investigation and monitoring of ivory markets, sustainable uses and the key role of local communities.

Enforcement of the law is vital in this story. Enter the enforcers, the technology they use to defeat the poachers and the evidence they require to prosecute offenders. Cases, some deeply shocking, are included, as well as a number of fascinating case studies, while the exploits of organized crime gangs make lively, as well as disturbing reading. 

Throughout the message is clear. We can and must save these animals from extinction.