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Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa - Myths and Realities (Paperback)
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Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa - Myths and Realities (Paperback)
Series: Whitehall Papers
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A worldwide surge in poaching and wildlife trafficking is
threatening to decimate endangered species. This crisis also
threatens the security of human beings in ways ignored until
recently by decision-makers slow to begin to treat what is
typically viewed as a 'conservation issue' as serious crime. Over
the past decade, as the scale and profitability of poaching and
wildlife trafficking have grown, politicians, journalists and
campaigners throughout the world have begun to take notice - they
are offering striking appraisals of the threat posed not only to
endangered species but also to human populations. Many of these
appraisals, however, are made in the absence of a detailed body of
empirical research and analysis to underpin them. The result is the
growth of a range of myths and misperceptions around the security
threats posed, particularly as they relate to Africa. Poaching,
Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa examines the most
common narratives on poaching, wildlife trafficking and security.
It critically analyses the dominant discourses on poaching and
wildlife trafficking as threats to human security, as drivers of
conflict, as funders of terrorism and as a focus for organised
crime. In doing so, it seeks to sort myth from reality, to clarify
how poaching and wildlife trafficking, as much cited threats to
security, can most accurately be conceived. Such a study is crucial
to the efforts of stakeholders now rightly looking to respond not
just to the threat posed to endangered species, but also to the
security and wellbeing of human beings.
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