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Minimising the Illegal Killing of Elephants and other Endangered Species (MIKES)
REG/FED/24888

Agreement No. FED/24888 – Minimising the Illegal Killing of Elephants and other Endangered Species (MIKES) was signed on 4th March 2014 for an amount of €12,335,000 and to be implemented over a period of 78 months. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) will contribute €1,373,000.

Mode of implementation

Centralized Management (Contribution Agreement between the EC and the CITES Secretariat).

Objective

The purpose of the project is to support management systems, capacity, information and decision-making processes supporting the protection of elephants and other CITES-listed flagship species.

Expected results are:

  • MIKE sites are generating regular and reliable information on the status and threats to elephants and other flagship species and on key benchmarks of law enforcement and management effort;
  • Law enforcement, adaptive management and monitoring systems, protocols and capacity are strengthened in high priority protected areas selected on the basis of their critical importance for protection of elephant or other flagship species;

The Programme is ongoing.

Progress report is expected from CITES

Beneficiary countries:

Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

For more information, contact: Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade