Background The Savé Valley Conservancy (SVC) is a collaboratively-managed wildlife area in the south east of Zimbabwe. It was created in 1991 from 18 former cattle ranches. On its creation a double 350km perimeter game fence was constructed, 14 species reintroduced and a security system of ranch-based anti-poaching teams was established to control illegal hunting. […]
Monitoring the illegal killing of elephants
Monitoring the Ilegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) is one of two global monitoring programs for elephants that was initiated in 1998 by CITES (Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species). Specific objectives of MIKE are: to measure levels and trends in the illegal hunting of elephants; to determine changes in these trends over time; and […]
