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| Sinovas, P.; Price, B.; King, E.; Davis, F.; Hinsley, A.; Pavitt, A. | |
| Southern Africa's wildlife trade - an analysis of CITES trade in SADC countries | |
| 2016 Full Book | |
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) covers a vast territory in Africa, straddling from South Africa in the south to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania in the north, and including the Indian ocean island States of Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles. The region is home to a highly diverse range of wildlife, some of which is traded internationally and listed in the Appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES). This report presents the first comprehensive overview of trade in CITES-listed wildlife in southern African countries. The analysis provides a baseline of information on trade levels and trends in SADC, based on the - ten year period 2005-2014, in order to inform future trade management in the region. CITES trade from the SADC Region 2005-2014 was dominated by hunting trophies, live parrots, live reptiles, crocodile skins, crocodile meat, live plants (including cycads and succulent plants) and plant derivatives. As part of this analysis, six case studies are considered in more depth: hunting trophies, felids, parrots, reptiles, succulent plants and cycads. On average, approximately 18 000 individuals of species mostly traded as hunting trophies were exported annually from the region; the principal mammal taxa in trade were (by volume of trade, in decreasing order) _Equus zebra hartmannae _(Hartmann's Mountain Zebra)_, Papio ursinus _(Chacma Baboon)_, Hippopotamus amphibius _(Hippopotamus)_, Loxodonta africana _(African Elephant) and _Panthera leo _(African Lion)_. _Hunting trophy trade also included high levels of _Crocodylus niloticus _(Nile Crocodile) trophies. Trophies in trade were predominantly from the wild, with the exception of _P. leo _which showed an increasing trend in exports of captive-bred trophies from South Africa. The United States and the European Union (EU) were the main import markets of mammal trophies, accounting for over 60% of exports of each of the top taxa in trade. Trade in _P. leo _(Lion) bones and in live _Acinonyx jubatus _(Cheetah) and live lions increased over the study period. South Africa was the dominant exporter of Felidae bones and live felids during this period, with the trade in bones destined largely to the traditional medicine market in East and Southeast Asia and the trade in live big cats destined also to other SADC countries, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, including for zoos and for the pet market. |
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