sa rhino poaching incidents 2000 – 2010 (august) jan – august 2010 391 r 136,850,000 r...

SA Rhino Poaching Incidents 2000 – 2010 (August)

Jan – August 2010

391R 136,850,000

R 65,100,000

290R 101,500,000

Northern Cape

Western Cape

Eastern Cape

Free State

North West

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

Kwazulu Natal

GP

14

10

KNP79

27

15

35

3

2

Rhino Poaching Incidents : South Africa Jan – August 2010Illegally Hunted =(186) : Arrests = (62)

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9

5

4

32

12

KNP Rhino Poaching Incidents 2000 – 2010 (August)

KNP Sections Jan – Aug 201012 / 22

R 27,650,000

124R 43,400,000

18

4

14

8

7

Rhino Poaching Incidents : KNP Jan – August 2010Illegally Hunted =(79) : Arrests = (32)

3

8

4

4

3

2

4

1

4

4

5

4

1

8

5

Rhino Poaching Incidents: South Africa : Jan – Aug 2010

1Protected Area /Private Land - Poaching Individual / Groups

(Park and Farm Management)

4International

Couriers / Buyers / Exporter(NWCRU)

3National – Couriers / Buyers / Exporter

(NWCRU)

2Local – Poaching Groups / Couriers / Buyers

(NWCRU, Park and Farm Management)

Rhino Horn Conduits - Organized Crime Levels of Threat

5InternationalConsumer

Buyer(NWCRU)

Conduit

NWCRUProvincial Teams

NWCRUNational Team

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

Rhino Poaching Arrests: South Africa : Jan – Aug 2010 (62)

Poaching Level KNP GP MP EC LP NW FS KZN WC NC SA Totals Level Description

Level 1 26 4 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 43 Poacher

Level 2 5 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 13 Poacher/Coordinator

Level 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Syndicate/National

Level 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syndicate/Regional

Level 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Syndicate/Driver

Total Arrests 32 9 4 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 62  

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

Incident

1 2 3 4 5

Levels of Threat

Illegal Hunting Illegal Possession / Trading Corruption / Racketeering

InterpolProvincial NWCRU National NWCRU

Investigation Process

LocalPark National International Consumer

Investigation Complexity

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

1

2

3

4

5

ThreatLevels

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

NWCRUInvestigations

National

Provincial

Parks

ProvincialSAPS OCU

DesignatedProsecutorsProvincial

PrivateLandowners

PrivateSecurity

EMI / APU

DEAEMI

1

2

3

4

5

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION

1

2

3

4

5

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

NWCRUInvestigations

National

Provincial

DesignatedSenior Prosecutor

NationalNational

SAPS OCU

SpecialistSupport

AssetForfeiture

SARS

1

2

3

4

5

ThreatLevels

INTERPOL

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION

DEAEMI

NWCRUInvestigations

National

Provincial

Parks

DesignatedSenior Prosecutor

National

ProvincialSAPS OCU

DesignatedProsecutorsProvincial

NationalSAPS OCU

SpecialistSupport

AssetForfeiture

PrivateLandowners

PrivateSecurity

EMI / APU

DEAEMI

SARS

1

2

3

4

5

ThreatLevels

INTERPOL

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

DEAEMI

Parks

Law EnforcementProsecuting Authority

PrivateLandowners

Local Authorities

NWCRUInvestigators

National

1

2

3

4

5

ThreatLevels

INTERPOL

Wildlife InvestigationsInternational

Authority

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Implementing an immediate action plan aimed at mitigating the current escalation;• Securing the shared commitment of government (at national and provincial level),

private land owners local communities and international stakeholders;• Supporting a national coordination structure for information management, law-

enforcement response, investigation and prosecution;• Developing an integrated national information management system for all

information;• Investigating proactive security measures aimed at facilitating regulated and

controlled international trade in the species, and any associated by-products.

Objectives

National Policy / Strategy: Rhino Poaching

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Focus - policy is on safety and security;• Recognize - marked escalation in the threat to the security of rhino;• Accept - resourcing of the initiatives & backed by political will is paramount;• Accept - positive interaction and relationships with all stakeholders facilitates effective and

efficient information exchange;• Support - development of an environmental crime investigation unit;• Support - national crime investigation and information management mechanism;• Accept - highly motivated, well trained, resourced and equipped personnel, are the single most

important factor ensuring the success;

Principle Statements

National Policy / Strategy: Rhino Poaching

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Accept - research data is currently not adequate;• Adhere - to accepted and lawful criminal investigation procedures;• Recognise - need for Research and Development of new investigation techniques;• Recognise - monitoring and evaluation systems are essential;• Accept - understanding of the end-user demand is required;• Adopt - relationship with all recognized NGO stakeholder groups;

Principle Statements continued

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Immediate action plan;• Shared commitment;• Resources;• Political will;• National coordination structure- Investigation & prosecution;• National information management system;• Proactive security measures aimed at facilitating regulated and controlled international trade;

Proposed Intervention strategies and/or activities

Implementing an immediate action plan aimed at mitigating the current threat, to the rhino population, posed by the escalation in poaching and the illegal trade in rhino horns and associated by-products;

Policy Outcome 1

Actions

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Interim National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit (NWCRU);• Evolve into a permanent NWCRU structure;• Support from all stakeholders;• Secondment of officials;• Joint operations;• Inter-departmental analysis;• Risk and threat assessment;• Information sharing;• Common understanding of best practices;• Interim minimum standards;• Community-based security and policing initiatives;• Budget and skilled manpower;• Monitoring mechanisms;• Coordinated conservation initiatives and sensitise private sector to training;

Actions continued ….

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

Securing the shared commitment of government (at national and provincial level), private land owners’ local communities and international stakeholders, as well as the necessary financial and manpower resources and political will to implement this policy;

• Political commitment and mandate;• Identify relevant role-players/stakeholders;• Stakeholder participation and commitment;• Communication structure with all stakeholders;• Information sharing; • Adequate budget;• Additional financial resources;• Lobby support and acceptance;

Policy Outcome 2

Actions

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

Supporting the establishment of a national coordination structure for information management, law-enforcement response, investigation and prosecution;

• National Wildlife Crime Reaction Unit;• Implementation plan;• Memorandums of Understanding (MOU’s) with stakeholders;• Development of protocols and monitoring tools;• Sharing of best practices;• Minimum standards and specifications for enhancing compliance;• Specialised environmental courts;• Adequate human capital at the government and private sector level;

Policy Outcome 3

Actions

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• National database;• Information sharing mechanisms;• Applied scientific research ; • National permit system for all CITES permits;• Inter-departmental analysis of all available information;

Developing an integrated and coordinated national information management system for all information related to rhino species in order to adequately inform security related decisions;

Policy Outcome 4

Actions

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE

• Comparative technical study on current international projects and research;• Support all international initiatives;• Support Regional initiatives;• Support optimal demographic and genetic management of rhino populations;• Support Biodiversity Management Plan for species;• Monitoring;• Impact of agreements, legislation and policies not related to NEMA;• Research & Development of new investigation techniques;

Investigating proactive security related measures aimed at possibly facilitating a better understanding for any possible future regulated and controlled international trade in the species, and any associated by-products;

Policy Outcome 5

Actions

NATIONAL WILDLIFE CRIME REACTION INITIATIVE