Harvesting_Nile Crocodile_Kenya

Affiliation
IIED
Type of wild species covered by the record
Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site (e.g., cultivated wild specimens, eggs/juveniles from the wild)
Wild species born/bred and raised/produced in captivity or through artificial propagation (e.g., activities such as closed-cycle breeding, horticulture or aquaculture)
Stage of the value chain covered by the record
Entire value chain
Record Source
“Grey” literature (e.g., NGO reports, case studies, non-detriment studies; project documents etc. (not necessarily peer-reviewed))

CITES NDF Studies On Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus): The Status Of And Trade In The Nile Crocodile In Kenya,

Stable
Is the species endemic HIDE
No
Population Status
Common and wildly distributed
Formal international protection in place
International Level
National Level
Formal national protection in place

Hunting and dealership in wildlife and wildlife products have been outlawed in Kenya by an Act of Parliament since 1977

Additional Details (if available)

Threat to Nile crocodile in Kenya include loss of its habitat as a result of human population encroachment, erosion and loss of nesting areas and riparian habitats as rivers change their courses due to land degradation upstream, persecution as a result of human-wildlife conflict and in a limited way egg collection for ranching operations for commercial trade. During drought in some of the arid and semi-arid land, people and crocodiles increasingly come into contact within the rivers/lakes that are sources of water and fish thus causing resource use conflicts. Results of such conflicts are normally human and livestock deaths caused by the crocodiles and or persecution of the crocodiles by human beings.

Population Trend
Unknown/not recorded
Sub-national Level
Unknown/not recorded
Name
Emma Hemmerlé
Scientific Name
Crocodylus niloticus
Common Name(s)
Nile crocodile
Mamba
Type of Use
Extractive (i.e., the entire organism or parts of the organism are removed from its environment)
If extractive, for the target species, is this use
Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of
The whole entire organism
Are specific characteristics/traits being targeted?
Unknown/not recorded
Purpose of Use
Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
What is the main end use for any living organisms, parts or products taken/extracted?
What is the trend in the level of offtake within the period covered by this record?
Provide Details of resource rights regime where relevant

No cases of illegal trade in crocodiles and their products have been reported in the recent past.

Geographic Location
Country
Kenya
National / local private sector
International private sector
If more than one box ticked, please provide more details

Utilization of Nile crocodile in Kenya is commercial based on ranched specimens in accordance with CITES Res. Conf. 11.16. The parts utilized include meat for food that is utilized locally and sold through outlets authorized and regulated by the Management authority and the skin that is solely for export markets for leather industry.

Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
No
Contribution to GDP
Unknown/not recorded
Medicine/healthcare
Training/Skills
Land/Resource Rights
Decision Making
Social Cohesion
Conflict- people
Conflict- wildlife
Climate Change
Has the use of the species been recorded as resulting in changes to human health in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the species in use been noted as being of particular disease risk to humans?
Unknown/not recorded
Has the use of the species resulted in changes to animal welfare in this record?
Unknown/not recorded
Are there particular practices which have increased the risk to human or animal health or welfare in the use of this species?
Unknown/not recorded
Does the use of this species increase susceptibility to pathogen spread?
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Biological characteristics of target species
Absent
Source Reference(s)

Kyalo, S. (n.d.) NDF Workshop Case Studies
WG 7 – Reptiles and Amphibians: NDF Studies On Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus Niloticus): The Status Of And Trade In The Nile Crocodile In Kenya.

Threats/pressures impacting the species at the scale of this record
Who is involved in the use?
Is there any gender/age specificity in the various roles
Unknown/not recorded
How many of these local jobs accure to the following categories?
How many people outside the local area are employed
Is there any evidence of other economic benefits associated with this use beyond direct income and jobs
Unknown/Not recorded
Scale of Assessment
IUCN National Red List Category
IUCN Global Red List Category
Green Status Global Category
Yearly Financial Flows
No assessment recorded
No assessment has been recorded
Country reference