To end wildlife trafficking, engage with local communities

The University of Cape Town News website published and interview with ith GRG researcher Annette Hubschle on a recent report written with Clifford Shearing titled Ending Wildlife Trafficking, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

“During our research, we found that local community members felt that government, conservation authorities and non-governmental organisations valued the lives of wild animals more highly than those of rural black people,” explains Dr Annette Hübschle, the study’s lead author and senior researcher at UCT’s Global Risk Governance Programme.  Read the full interview online >>>