• E4J University Module Series: Wildlife Crime

• Module 1: Illicit Markets for Wildlife, Forest and Fisheries Products

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Demand and consumption
  • Data
  • Supply and demand
  • Implications of wildlife trafficking
  • Legal and illegal markets
  • Perpetrators and their networks
  • Locations and activities relating to wildlife trafficking
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in September 2019 

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Possible class structure

 

This section contains recommendations for a teaching sequence and timing intended to achieve learning outcomes through a three-hour class.

NOTE: The class structure proposed is merely indicative. As students' prior knowledge and exposure to these issues varies widely, the lecturer should adapt contents as well as the time suggested for each component of the Module, according to the educational and social context, needs of the students and as otherwise appropriate.

• 20 mins  » Pre-class exercise (use as 'ice-breaker' to generate discussion)
• 20 mins  » Demand and consumption (outline various uses of wildlife, animal products, and plants, include case examples and images)
• 20 mins  » Terminology and data
• 15 mins  » break
• 15 mins  » Supply and demand
• 15 mins  » Implications of wildlife trafficking
• 15 mins  » Video presentation: 'The tragic tale of the pangolin'
•   5 mins  » Discussion
• 15 mins  » break
• 10 mins  » Legal and illegal markets
• 15 mins  » Perpetrators and networks
• 15 mins  » Locations and activities

 

  Next: Core reading

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