What is wildlife crime?
According to ENACT Africa, wildlife crime is defined as the poaching, smuggling or illegal transportation of specific animal products or species (such as rhino horn or elephant tusks) by criminal groups or individuals, for the purpose of financial profit or other material gain.
Wildlife crime is ongoing in Namibia, but more recently there have been some major efforts to strengthen the response to this scourge. These efforts have focused on prevention, response and follow-up but comparatively little has been progressed around communications.
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Wildlife crime reports and statistics
- Rhino horn weighing 160kg seized at OR Tambo
- Nine suspects arrested for game crime
- Nyaga B 2021. Kenya: Ivory worth Ksh1.4M recovered in Kajiado County
- Nombembe P 2021. Trio slapped with three-year jail sentences for rhino horn theft
- Wildlife products confiscated
- Kwekwe python man arrested
- Nine arrested with 28 illegal wildlife products
- Ivory suspect shifts blame to co-accused
- Makhurane B 2021. Two men found in possession of Ivory
- Nyika L 2021. Two men jailed nine years each for poaching pangolin
- 2021. Poachers caught with humongous live pangolin
- Kenya: Tana River Court hands 15-year sentence to dik-dik poachers
Key Stakeholders – Gert Naobeb
Gert is a game guard from the Nyae Nyae conservancy and has dedicated his life to the CBNRM programme for the past ten years. Gert is an expert at tracking wildlife such as Elephants and small deer. He has a vast range of experience in conducting Game counts and spends endless nights working in and around the conservancy, keeping a look-out of possible poachers and strange movement.