Giving Compass' Take:
- Global Citizen reports on an all-women anti-poaching organization based out of Zimbabwe that has not only arrested 72 poachers since forming in 2017 but has sparked a movement and is empowering women along the way.
- How can you support local efforts to address conservation challenges?
- Here's an article on the search for effective policy for countering poaching and wildlife trafficking.
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Every year, up to 30,000 elephants and thousands of rhinos are poached throughout Africa for their tusks and horns.
This ongoing slaughter has pushed big game animal populations to dangerous lows, and although countries have cracked down on the legal market for endangered animal parts in recent years, the underground market for related products continues to thrive.
In Zimbabwe’s Lower Zambezi Valley, an experiment in women’s empowerment is proving that poaching can be curbed and animals can be effectively conserved through community-centric investments.
Read the full article about the anti-poaching movement by Joe McCarthy at Global Citizen.