Guns, poison and horns: Organised wildlife crime in Southern Africa

This research paper describes a pilot study by the ENACT project that used media monitoring to track the exponential increase of wildlife crime in Southern Africa between 2000 and 2016.

• Wildlife crime in Southern Africa has seen exponential growth since 2010.
• The ENACT project conducted a pilot study from 2000 to 2016 covering 10 Southern African countries to systematically record transnational organised crime. The study tracked 27 variables, including the date, location, species involved, crime type, and state responses.

APA

Aucoin, C., & Donnenfeld, Z. (n.d.). Guns, poison and horns: Organised wildlife crime in Southern Africa. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.org/research/papers/guns-poison-and-horns-organised-wildlife-crime-in-southern-africa

Chicago

Aucoin, Ciara, and Zachary Donnenfeld. Guns, poison and horns: Organised wildlife crime in Southern Africa. Institute for Security Studies, n.d. https://issafrica.org/research/papers/guns-poison-and-horns-organised-wildlife-crime-in-southern-africa.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{aucoinndguns, author = {Aucoin, Ciara and Donnenfeld, Zachary}, title = {{Guns, poison and horns: Organised wildlife crime in Southern Africa}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, url = {https://issafrica.org/research/papers/guns-poison-and-horns-organised-wildlife-crime-in-southern-africa}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }