A New 12 months of Hope and Motion for Rhinos | Information

Like many people entering into a brand new 12 months, we’re making ready for what’s forward, feeling energised and able to act, pushed by our ambition to realize our targets. At Save the Rhino, our primary objective is a giant one: we wish to see all 5 rhino species thriving. We’re decided to proceed and attain this objective, realizing it’ll take time, assets and robust partnerships. So, we’re heading into 2025 guided by our long-term objective, ready with shorter-term, actionable milestones to drive ahead our imaginative and prescient.

This week, we’re highlighting a number of of those milestones, sharing a few of the important worldwide conferences and conferences arising for rhinos all through the following 12 months.

What’s taking place for rhinos in 2025?

• February 2025: African Rhino Specialist Group (AfRSG) assembly

  Each three years, the AfRSG meets to debate the alternatives and challenges going through Africa’s black and white rhino populations. As Members of the Group, our CEO, Dr Jo Shaw, and Grants Lead, Cathy Dean, will probably be becoming a member of the 2025 assembly in February, working with fellow rhino specialists to share information and assist the event of continental methods that increase rhino populations

• Might 2025: Asian Rhino Specialist Group (AsRSG) assembly

  Much like the AfRSG, the AsRSG goals to fulfill each few years, sharing information and updating key info on the conservation and standing of all three Asian rhino species (Higher one-horned, Sumatran and Javan). This 12 months, each the AsRSG and AfRSG will probably be producing necessary experiences detailing essentially the most up-to-date inhabitants numbers and restoration metrics, prematurely of the following CITES CoP (extra beneath)

• November 2025: 30^th Convention of the Events (CoP) to the United Nations Framework Conference on Local weather Change (UNFCCC)

  A UNFCCC convention takes place yearly to evaluate progress in coping with the local weather disaster. Given the breadth of local weather change and its impacts, the CoP covers many subjects every year, a lot of which immediately or not directly affect rhinos, their habitats and folks dwelling round them. One of many key themes of CoP30 is preserving forests and biodiversity, making discussions at this 12 months’s convention much more pertinent for rhino conservation

• November 2025: 20^th CoP to the Conference on Worldwide Commerce in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

  From 25 November – 4 December, the 20^th CITES CoP will happen, bringing international locations collectively to debate their roles within the safety of endangered species from worldwide commerce. The Convention supplies a platform for up to date rhino inhabitants numbers to be revealed, in addition to for CITES members to share how they’re tackling unlawful commerce in endangered animal and plant species. On the 19^th CoP in 2022, there have been two essential rhino proposals – we count on proposals for this 12 months’s CoP to be submitted within the coming months

This 12 months brings each challenges and alternatives. The data shared, collaborative actions taken, and choices made in any respect the worldwide conferences above might be transformative for rhinos. Alongside our companions and throughout these necessary occasions, we’ll champion evidence-based, efficient insurance policies, interventions and actions that present extra hope for rhinos now and sooner or later.

As we lean into the 12 months, we’ll be sharing updates on these occasions (and others) in our blogs. Examine again right here recurrently for the newest rhino information!