MIKE Support for Dzanga Sangha (APDS)

MIKE Support for Dzanga Sangha (APDS)

MIKE Support for Dzanga Sangha (APDS) The Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas covers an area of approximately 4,500km² in the southwest of the Central African Republic. The complex is internationally known for its extensive rainforests, which are host to a...
MIKE Support for Lower Zambezi National Park

MIKE Support for Lower Zambezi National Park

MIKE Support for Lower Zambezi National Park Lower Zambezi National Park (LZNP) covers 4,092 km² and is in the south of Zambia along the border with Zimbabwe. It lies adjacent to the Mana Pools, Chewore and Sapi areas in Zimbabwe. To identify the support needs for the...
MIKE Support for Queen Elizabeth National Park

MIKE Support for Queen Elizabeth National Park

MIKE Support for Queen Elizabeth National Park The Queen Elizabeth Protected Area is in western Uganda and is made up of the park itself and two buffering Wildlife Reserves. The area is known for its wildlife, including Cape buffaloes, hippopotami, crocodiles,...
MIKE E-Learning Platform is Live!

MIKE E-Learning Platform is Live!

MIKE Programme E-learning Platform is Live! With support from GiZ, the MIKE Programme has created the CITES MIKE E-learning platform to provide training courses and guides to help MIKE site staff, national officers, and others involved in MIKE implementation. For the...
MIKE Programme Website Launched

MIKE Programme Website Launched

MIKE Prorgamme Website Launched   We are pleased to announce that the new MIKE Programme website is now live and can be accessed at www.citesmike.org. The site has been designed to provide information on the MIKE Programme to range States and other interested...
MIKE Online Database Launched

MIKE Online Database Launched

MIKE Programme Launches Online Database In June 2020, the CITES MIKE programme launched the CITES MIKE Online Database, a virtual portal to facilitate the entry of data to monitor the numbers of elephant carcasses found on MIKE sites. MIKE national and site focal...
CRWP Focal Sites Selected

CRWP Focal Sites Selected

MIKE Focal Sites Selected in Eastern and Southern Africa  The MIKE focal sites that will be supported under the EU funded Cross Regional Wildlife Conservation in Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean project, which is being implemented in partnership with...
MIKE All Africa Regional Meeting  Held

MIKE All Africa Regional Meeting Held

MIKE All Africa Regional Meeting Held Fifty representatives from 26 African elephant range States met in Kenya to deliberate on the implementation of the CITES programme, Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) across the African continent. It was the first...
Status update on the postponement of CoP18

Status update on the postponement of CoP18

Status update on the postponement of CoP18 ​On 26 April 2019, the CITES Secretariat announced the postponement of the 18ᵗʰ meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18), originally scheduled to take place from 23 May to 3 June in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as well as the...