Kenya

Harvesting_Nile Crocodile_Kenya

Emma_Hemmerle — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:43:59 +0000

Harvesting_Nile Crocodile_Kenya Emma_Hemmerle Tue, 02/01/2022 - 08:43

Affiliation

IIED

Date Of Record Entry

Tue, 02/01/2022 - 12:00

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

Population Status

Common and wildly distributed

Formal international protection in place

International Level

CITES listing

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

Threats/Pressures impacting the conservation of the species

Agriculture

Residential and Commercial Development

Energy Production and Mining

Climate Change

Pollution

Dams and other System Modifications

Disease

Direct Persecution

Invasive Species

Illegal/Unregulated Fishing

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

How is the primary use carried out?

Hunting and/or Trapping of live Terrestrial and Aerial Animals

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?

Food for People

Ornamentation, decoration and apparel

What is the trend in the level of offtake within the period covered by this record?

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