Analysis of Mozambique's Wildlife Policies and Laws

2017-10-18 Law

Author : Didi Wamukoya
Release : 2017-10-18
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Analysis of Mozambique's Wildlife Policies and Laws written by Didi Wamukoya. This book was released on 2017-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mozambique has developed comprehensive policies and laws for the protection, conservation and sustainable use of wildlife resources, with engagement of a wide range of stakeholders, including local communities and the private sector. During the last 15 years the main legislation governing wildlife and conservation areas management is the Forest and Wildlife Law1 and its regulation. However, this law is inadequate to combat wildlife crimes. Offenses against iconic and protected wildlife species are punishable only by fines, which are not high enough to discourage the crime. Additionally, the enforcement of the law is constrained by limited number of enforcement agents, limited patrolling equipment, limited incentives and widespread corruption. The increasing level of organized crime is also threatening the survival of protected wildlife species. The Conservation Areas Law2 was enacted in 2014 and offers a great opportunity to combat wildlife crime as it provides for heavy fines and imprisonment of up to 12 years for offenses against protected wildlife species. However, the enforcement of this law is constrained by the lack of its regulations. Mozambique has ratified the most relevant international conventions for the conservation of wildlife and their habitats and has, to a large extent, adapted domestic legislation to incorporate the provisions of the conventions. However, weak enforcement of domestic legislation undermines the fulfilment of the obligations of the country associated with the ratification of the conventions.

Analysis of Botswana's Wildlife Policies and Laws

2017-10-18 Law

Author : Didi Wamukoya
Release : 2017-10-18
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Analysis of Botswana's Wildlife Policies and Laws written by Didi Wamukoya. This book was released on 2017-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Botswana has a long history of wildlife conservation dating back to 1890 when the first game protection statute was enacted. Since that time, wildlife policies and laws have been developed to address increased threats to wildlife, especially poaching and trafficking in wildlife products. Botswana now has in place various strategies and policies on wildlife conservation and management which guide the enactment of wildlife legislation. The key wildlife law is the Wildlife Conservation and National parks Act enacted in 1992. The Act sets out the institutional and administrative framework of the wildlife. There are strong provisions that strictly regulate wildlife conservation and utilization and address wildlife crime and wildlife law enforcement. Nevertheless, there are still some gaps that exist within the law that need to be sealed in order to effectively curb wildlife crime. Botswana is quite robust in adopting international standards to address wildlife crime and has enacted legislation to stop illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products and deter profiting from wildlife crime by confiscating proceeds of crime and criminalizing money laundering. Legislation to curb corruption among public officials, including those who deal with wildlife matters, is in place and its rigorous enforcement has led to Botswana being one of the least corrupt countries in Africa. The effectiveness of the wildlife legislation in Botswana cannot be accurately gauged as there is little information on the number of wildlife crimes committed and the conviction rates of wildlife offenders.

Analysis of Select Wildlife Cases in Mozambique

2017-10-18 Law

Author : Didi Wamukoya
Release : 2017-10-18
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Analysis of Select Wildlife Cases in Mozambique written by Didi Wamukoya. This book was released on 2017-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a review of a few wildlife cases in Mozambique. This review, however, is not intended to paint a comprehensive picture of the wildlife crimes in Mozambique and how they are detected, investigated and adjudicated. This is due to the constraints and limitations of this research. The main limitation is that Mozambique is a Civil Law country and thus there is no requirement formal reports of court decisions. The consultants could only access a limited number of cases from Matutuine District Judicial Court in Southern Mozambique and sincerely thanks the court for their cooperation in availing these cases. Another constraint in this review was that the consultant was not able to get the names of the offenders in these cases. A third constraint was that the wildlife cases from Matutuine District Judicial Court dealt with hunting for bushmeat. Hunting for trophies of endangered species in Mozambique such as elephants and rhinos is therefore not addressed in this review. The lack of information on wildlife cases in Mozambique makes research on wildlife law enforcement and prosecution inconclusive and no interventions can be recommended.

Analysis of South Africa's Wildlife Policies and Laws

2017-10-18 Law

Author : Didi Wamukoya
Release : 2017-10-18
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Download or read book Analysis of South Africa's Wildlife Policies and Laws written by Didi Wamukoya. This book was released on 2017-10-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Africa has a long history of regulation of wildlife conservation that dates as far back as 1656 when Jan van Riebeek, a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town, gave instructions to regulate hunting in the Cape. From that time, South Africa has had several wildlife and biodiversity conservation policies and laws. After the fall of apartheid, the new framework policies and laws on environment and wildlife conservation were enacted to further strengthen wildlife conservation in the country. South Africa is also a party to various international agreements that commit the country to its conservation efforts at an international level. This rapid, independent assessment of the law and policy governing wildlife crimes in South Africa reviews the Constitution and the national framework laws, focusing on those laws and policies that impose criminal liability for wildlife offences. The assessment then turns to the provinces. Provincial governments have a fairly large degree of legislative and executive jurisdiction over conservations and wildlife management issues, including enforcing compliance of criminal wildlife laws. The review sets out the offences and penalties that exist across the myriad of relevant environmental legislation and policy and looks at the power and mandate of the various enforcement bodies.

African Wildlife Laws

1987 Nature

Author : Cyrille de Klemm
Release : 1987
Genre : Nature
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Download or read book African Wildlife Laws written by Cyrille de Klemm. This book was released on 1987. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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