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Saps step up fight against rhino poachers

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Giovanna Gerbi | about an hour ago

CAPE TOWN - South African police are enforcing a hot pursuit agreement to track down poachers across the border.

National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega has detailed plans to assist South African National Parks officials to apprehend poachers.
The eastern boundary of the Kruger National Park with Mozambique has been identified as a massive problem area.

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The Department of Environmental Affairs is employing an integrated strategic management plan calling on the expertise of police to address cross border poaching.

Police commissioner would not divulge how many hot pursuits are conducted every month.

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Bon, ben voilà, on publie, on publie des contributions très diversifiées... Visions cartographiques se réveille bien reposé après ces quelques mois d’absence.

Voici un billet né d’une collaboration avec des amis d’Afrique du Sud, ici Fiona et Oxpeckers centre for investigative environmental journalists.

More than 2,757 rhinos have been poached in South Africa since 2010, and experts have warned that the wild animals face extinction by 2025 as a result. South Africa is home to more than 80% of the world’s remaining rhino population.
by Fiona Macleod
Editor, Oxpeckers centre for investigative environmental journalists, South Africa

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China accounted for nearly 80% of the reported seizures of illegal rhino horns in Asia between 2009 and 2013, despite a national ban on the illicit trade.

#biodiversité #vie_animale #trafic #rhinocéros #criminalité_internationale

On reviendra dans ce pays pour présenter un peu plus tard une autre initiative de presse tout à fait magnifique :

« The Chimurenga Chronic »

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