The Common Hippopotamus in the Wild and in Captivity: Conservation for Less Charismatic Species

Snyder, Kristen Denninger

doi:10.1080/13880292.2015.1096162

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“…Species-specific international law analyses regarding large carnivores have focused inter alia on lions Panthera leo (Watts 2016;Trouwborst et al 2017b;Bauer et al 2018;Hodgetts et al 2018), cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus (Nowell and Rosen 2018), leopards Panthera pardus (Trouwborst et al in press), and ocelots Leopardus pardalis (Kimberley 2017), in addition to an extensive legal literature on gray wolves Canis lupus and other large carnivores in Europe (see, e.g., Epstein 2013;Linnell et al 2017;Trouwborst 2018). The international law literature on large herbivores includes research regarding hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius (Snyder 2015), rhinoceroses (Leader-Williams et al 2005;Ayling 2013;Coetzee and Couzens 2017;Janssens and Trouwborst 2018), and especially elephants (Glennon 1990;Kidd and Cowling 2003;Couzens 2014;Nollkaemper 2014;Selier et al 2016;Persaud 2017; Wandesforde-Smith 2016; Jung 2017), with most studies predominantly addressing international trade regulation. Further studies have addressed the role of international law from the perspective of particular issues affecting various megafauna species (carnivores and herbivores), such as international trade (e.g., Wiersema 2013) or border fences .…”

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Global large herbivore conservation and international law

Trouwborst

2019

Biodivers Conserv

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Large wild herbivore species are important to ecosystems and human societies, but many of them are threatened and in decline. International wildlife treaties have a role to play in arresting and reversing these declines. This paper provides a global overview and analysis of relevant legal instruments and their roles regarding the conservation of the 73 largest terrestrial herbivores, i.e., those with a body mass of ≥ 100 kg. Outcomes reveal both significant positive contributions and shortcomings of the Ramsar Wetlands Convention, the World Heritage Convention, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, the Convention on Migratory Species and its subsidiary instruments, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and a range of regional and bilateral treaties. Maximizing the potential of these treaties, and attaining their objectives regarding the conservation and restoration of large herbivores, requires substantial increases in funding and political will. Even before such game-changing increases occur, however, it remains worthwhile to seek and use the many opportunities that exist within the current international legal framework for enhancing the conservation of the world's largest herbivores.

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