Wildlife Protection and Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade: Legal Framework and Challenges

This paper examines wildlife protection and prevention of illegal wildlife trade, the importance of it and the role law plays in ensuring that wildlife is protected and its illegal trade curbed. It goes further to examine some national, regional, and international instruments towards these double ai...

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Main Author: Gloria Kembabazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2022-02-01
Series:KAS African Law Study Library
Online Access:https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/2363-6262-2021-3-356
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description This paper examines wildlife protection and prevention of illegal wildlife trade, the importance of it and the role law plays in ensuring that wildlife is protected and its illegal trade curbed. It goes further to examine some national, regional, and international instruments towards these double aims. The national instruments focus on Uganda and the regional instruments focus on the East African Community. Towards the end, the author also examines and analyses some challenges facing wildlife protection and prevention of illegal wildlife trade.
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Wildlife Protection and Prevention of Illegal Wildlife Trade: Legal Framework and Challenges
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