Analysis of Select Wildlife Cases in Mozambique

Download or read book Analysis of Select Wildlife Cases in Mozambique written by Didi Wamukoya and published by African Wildlife Foundation. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a review of a few wildlife cases in Mozambique. This review, however, is not intended to paint a comprehensive picture of the wildlife crimes in Mozambique and how they are detected, investigated and adjudicated. This is due to the constraints and limitations of this research. The main limitation is that Mozambique is a Civil Law country and thus there is no requirement formal reports of court decisions. The consultants could only access a limited number of cases from Matutuine District Judicial Court in Southern Mozambique and sincerely thanks the court for their cooperation in availing these cases. Another constraint in this review was that the consultant was not able to get the names of the offenders in these cases. A third constraint was that the wildlife cases from Matutuine District Judicial Court dealt with hunting for bushmeat. Hunting for trophies of endangered species in Mozambique such as elephants and rhinos is therefore not addressed in this review. The lack of information on wildlife cases in Mozambique makes research on wildlife law enforcement and prosecution inconclusive and no interventions can be recommended.