Home-grown corruption is killing Africa’s rhinos and - TopicsExpress



          

Home-grown corruption is killing Africa’s rhinos and elephants The poaching and trafficking of wildlife has reached pandemic levels throughout Africa, threatening a growing number of species with outright extinction in our lifetime. By ANDREAS WILSON-SPÄTH. While the crisis is complex, with root causes in chronic poverty, the absence of sustainable economic alternatives and a burgeoning demand for wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn, the wheels of this multi-billion dollar industry are liberally greased by bribery and corruption at all levels of government in several African countries. Even a cursory summary of the epidemic’s lowlights, makes for depressing reading:
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:31:36 +0000

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