The policy brief highlights a coordinated response to combat illicit wildlife trafficking. Wildlife trafficking is now more organised, more lucrative, more widespread and more dangerous than ever before. Poachers with military weapons and vehicles gun down elephants and rhinos. Increasingly, they are also targeting the park rangers dedicated to protecting threatened species. Illicit wildlife trafficking also greatly threatens many other African species both plant and animal, and several populations of these species are also plummeting. The major dangers are that ,the fuel IFFs through undermining the basis of Africa’s development ,Demand for wildlife products is also escalating the scourge .The paper gives 10 action plans required to handle this . Building collaboration to combat illicit wildlife trafficking, strengthening law enforcement and reducing demand for illicit wildlife products ar some of the actions plans to combat illicit wildlife tracking.
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