IUCN / TRAFFIC report – Rhino poaching has dropped but species still critical

31/08/2022

Rhino poaching and illegal trade decline but remain critical threats –IUCN / TRAFFIC report

Overall rhino poaching rates have declined since 2018, and trade data suggests the lowest annual estimate of rhino horns entering illegal trade markets since 2013, according to a new report by the IUCN SSC African and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups and TRAFFIC for the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which will be held in Panama in November this year.

 

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