Links
Amboseli Trust for Elephants
www.elephanttrust.org
The Amboseli Trust for Elephants aims to ensure the long-term conservation and welfare of Africa's elephants in the context of human needs and pressures through scientific research, training, community outreach, public awareness and advocacy.
Born Free Foundation
www.bornfree.org.uk
The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity working to stop individual wild animal suffering and protect threatened species in the wild.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
www.cites.org
List of all CITES CoP15 Proposals.
Elephant Charter
www.theelephantcharter.info
The purpose of The Elephant Charter is to provide a set of guiding Principles, based on elephant biology, to form a touchstone for anyone needing to address elephant interests. Buttressed by its Appendix, The Elephant Charter represents a consensus of the nature of elephants. It is intended to promote scientifically sound and ethical management and care of all elephants, providing guidance to law and policy makers, enforcement agencies and the courts, organizations, institutions and international bodies, as well as to managers of wild and captive elephants.
Elephant Voices
www.elephantvoices.org
Elephant Voices works to advance the study of elephant cognition, communication and social behavior, and to promote the scientifically sound and ethical management and care of elephants This is accomplished through research, conservation, education and advocacy.
INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group
www.interpol.int
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 188 member countries. It facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. The INTERPOL Wildlife Crime Working Group focuses the expertise and experience of law enforcement officers, be it on the poaching, trafficking or possession of legally protected flora and fauna, and welcomes participation from all member countries.
IUCN/SSC African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG)
www.african-elephant.org
The African Elephant Specialist Group (AfESG) is a group of technical experts focusing on the conservation and management of African elephants. The broad aim of the AfESG is to promote the long-term conservation of Africa's elephants and, where possible, the recovery of their population to viable levels.
IUCN/SSC African Elephant Status Report, 2007, the most recent global census of the African Elephant.
Save the Elephants
www.savetheelephants.org
Save the elephants aims to secure a future for elephants and sustain the beauty and ecological integrity of the places they live, to promote man’s delight in their intelligence and the diversity of their world and to develop a tolerant relationship between the two species.
Species Survival Network (SSN)
www.ssn.org
Coordinates the activities of conservation, environmental and animal protection organizations around the world to secure CITES protection for plants and animals affected by international trade.
SSN Factsheets regarding CoP15 Proposals
University of Washington - Centre for Conservation Biology
depts.washington.edu
UoW's Centre for Conservation Biology addresses the continually evolving need for tools to monitor human and other environmental impacts on threatened and endangered species throughout the world. The Centre's Dr Samuel Wasser has pioneered genetic techniques which enable seized ivory to be traced back to its origin in a range country through DNA analysis, allowing identification of poaching hotspots and smuggling routes, and forcing governments to confront the truth about poaching in their countries.
Wildlife Works / Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary
www.wildlifeworks.com
Wildlife Works' mission is to harness the power of the global consumer to create innovative and sustainable solutions for wildlife conservation by means of Consumer Powered Conservationsm. The proceeds of sales go towards saving endangered and threatened wildlife by protecting wilderness habitats, creating jobs, building schools and providing other economic benefits for those people who share their land and resources with wildlife. At their first location in Kenya they created the 80,000-acre Rukinga Wildlife Sanctuary, where elephants, cheetahs and 45 other large mammal species now roam freely.
Last Great Ape Organisation
www.laga-enforcement.org
Based in Cameroon LAGA is the only wildlife law enforcement NGO in Africa. Working with governments they have been responsible for a large number of arrests for wildlife crime - including illegal ivory trade.