Ashleigh Dore

• Project Manager at Endangered Wildlife Trust

South Africa is home to a rich diversity of endemic and endangered species of fauna and flora, many of which are poached, illegally harvested or captured. Traditional law enforcement and criminal justice steps have been taken to disrupt wildlife crimes, but they are reactive in nature and thus fail to address the root causes that lead to the commis...

This article introduces a pilot project that seeks to apply restorative justice principles to wildlife crime offences in South Africa. A local conservation NGO, the Endangered Wildlife Trust, under the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa Khetha Programme and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is p...