Insights into the illegal ivory trade and status of elephants in Togo, West Africa

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Loméen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistère de l'Environnement et des Ressources Forestières, Togoen
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited States Fish & Wildlife Serviceen
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Italyen
cg.contributor.affiliationRivers State University of Science and Technologyen
cg.coverage.countryTogo
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12748en
cg.issn0141-6707en
cg.issn1365-2028en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Ecologyen
cg.subject.ciforWILD MEATen
cg.subject.ciforFOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITIONen
cg.volume60en
dc.contributor.authorSegniagbeto, G.H.en
dc.contributor.authorAgbodji, K.T.en
dc.contributor.authorLeuteritz, T.E.J.en
dc.contributor.authorDendi, D.en
dc.contributor.authorFa, J.E.en
dc.contributor.authorLuiselli, L.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T09:01:35Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-08T09:01:35Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112864
dc.titleInsights into the illegal ivory trade and status of elephants in Togo, West Africaen
dcterms.abstractIn Togo, the illegal trade of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) ivory is widespread despite efforts made by the government to curtail these activities. By using data gathered from CITES institutions and natural resource management authorities in the country, we investigated the extent of ivory trafficking in Togo. We also conducted surveys in villages around protected areas, which still contain elephant populations to assess the species’ current status in the country. Our surveys indirectly corroborated that there are probably no more than 150 elephants collectively within the country's protected areas, most of them in the Fazao‐Malfakassa National Park. We also estimated that a minimum of 41.65 tons of ivory (elephant tusks and carved objects) was intercepted in Togo between 2008 and 2018. Despite the fact that presently illegal elephant hunting is unlikely in Togo, we show that this country is the entry point for ivory from Central Africa (Cameroon and Gabon). We maintain that Togo's position as an intermediary country in the illegal ivory trade is a tangible threat to elephants throughout their range countries and is also likely to affect the dwindling population of these animals in the country if adequate enforcement is not implemented.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2020-06-11
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSegniagbeto, G.H., Agbodji, K.T., Leuteritz, T.E.J., Dendi, D., Fa, J.E., Luiselli, L. 2020. Insights into the illegal ivory trade and status of elephants in Togo, West Africa. African Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12748en
dcterms.extentpp. 289-297en
dcterms.issued2022-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectwildlifeen
dcterms.subjecttradeen
dcterms.subjectprotected areasen
dcterms.subjecthuntingen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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