![]() Mobilization and empowerment of local communities for community-based conservation activities.Provide alternative livelihoods to increase local economic growth and community development programs around Rhino bearing Protected Areas.Enhancement of skills and capacity building of frontline staff including wildlife crime investigations.Upkeep high morale of frontline staff through improved field facilities and incentive packages.Enhance boots on the ground for regular field vigil to detect and deter wildlife offenses in Rhino bearing areas, with special emphasis on strategic locations.Use of advanced technology including use of forensic science to aid on-going protection and surveillance to prevent illegal hunting of Rhinos.Strengthen protection regime, intelligence gathering, and real time sharing of intelligence information on Rhino crime and its illegal horn trade.You can review the declaration below.Ĭhitwan Declaration for Asian Rhinos Conservation, 2023īased on the three days deliberations, during the 3rd Asian Rhino Range Countries Meeting held in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, the delegates of Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Nepal recognized the diverse challenges being faced by the Asian Rhinos and agreed on: The document outlines the countries agreement to coordinate and collaborate in six areas: protection population management habitat management research monitoring and information sharing. We remain steadfast in our commitment to the future of all five rhino species.Over the course of the three days of deliberations, the delegates set priorities for rhino conservation for the next four years, launching the Chitwan Declaration for Asian Rhinos Conservation, 2023. Similar interventions must be amplified to continue to address the critical situation facing Javan and Sumatran rhinos. “ We are reassured to see long-term investment into collaborative conservation actions result in increased numbers of white, black and Greater one-horned rhinos. “ On World Rhino Day it is important to reflect on the successes and challenges of rhino conservation globally,” stated Dr Jo Shaw, CEO of Save the Rhino International. Given pressing concerns for their future, the Government, and a range of partners including NGOs, are working together to protect and recover both species. Of greatest concern are reports regarding ongoing investigations by the Government of Indonesia into a recent unnatural death of a Javan rhino. All remaining Javan rhinos are found in Ujung Kulon National Park and there have been signs of a rise in illegal activities in this area. The total Javan rhino population is estimated to be 76 animals and this includes 12 individuals that have not been recorded for at least three years. ![]() Official reports estimate there are less than 80 Sumatran rhinos, though there are potentially as few as 34-47 individuals remaining. The status of Javan and Sumatran rhinos is increasingly perilous. As with the African species, biological management is key and poaching remains a serious concern. In India and Nepal, numbers of the Greater one-horned rhino show a marginal rise from 4,014 in 2021 to 4,018. Whilst these numbers remain concerning, they represent a marked decline from the peak of the crisis, when 1,349 African rhinos were poached in 2015. There were 561 rhinos killed in Africa during 2022, a rise from 501 in 2021 and 503 in 2020. Biological management interventions, such as the establishment of new populations, have resulted in higher population growth rates and an increase in rhino numbers, despite concurrent increases in poaching losses. This positive development provides much-needed hope for the subspecies, which has faced intense poaching pressure over the last fifteen years.īlack rhino numbers continue to increase, having risen from 6,195 at the end of 2021 to 6,487 by the end of 2022, a rise of almost 5%. The latest figures revealed an estimated 16,803 individuals across Africa at the end of 2022 (compared to 15,942 at the end of 2021) showing growth of more than 5%. Notably, Southern white rhino numbers have increased for the first time since 2012. However, numbers of the two most threatened species – the Javan and Sumatran rhinos – are dangerously low, with fewer than 80 individuals remaining of each species. The positive trend is primarily due to rises in the number of black and white rhinos in Africa. New information released on World Rhino Day 2023 (22 September) by the IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) shows that global rhino numbers are up, having increased to approximately 27,000 by the end of 2022.
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