1st Edition

Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa Myths and Realities

Edited By Cathy Haenlein, M L R Smith Copyright 2017
120 Pages
by Routledge

120 Pages
by Routledge

A worldwide surge in poaching and wildlife trafficking is threatening to decimate endangered species. This crisis also threatens the security of human beings in ways ignored until recently by decision-makers slow to begin to treat what is typically viewed as a ‘conservation issue’ as serious crime. Over the past decade, as the scale and profitability of poaching and wildlife trafficking have... Read more
Introduction, Cathy Haenlein and M L R Smith

1. Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Human Security, Rosaleen Duffy and Jasper Humphreys

2. Poaching, WildlifeTrafficking and Conflict, Stéphane Crayne and Cathy Haenlein

3. Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Terrorism, Cathy Haenlein, Thomas Maguire and Keith Somerville

4. Poaching, Wildlife Trafficking and Organised Crime, Tim Wittig

Conclusions, Cathy Haenlein and M L R Smith

Biography

Cathy Haenlein is Research Fellow in RUSI’s National Security and Resilience Studies group and Research Associate in King’s College London’s Department of War Studies as part of the Marjan Centre for the Study of War and the Non-Human Sphere.

M L R Smith is Professor of Strategic Theory and Head of the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. He is co-founder and Academic Director of the Marjan Centre for the Study of War and the Non-Human Sphere at King’s College London.