If the team from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species doesn’t find significant progress in reducing the supply and demand for rhino horn, it could recommend sanctions.

Policy expert at the World Wildlife Fund Leigh Henry commends the move at the CITES conference of the parties in Sandton.

He says CITES only works when member governments hold each other accountable.

He believes a strong message has been sent to Mozambique as a supplier of illegal rhino horn and Vietnman as the primary user of this commodity worth more than twice its weight in gold.

Strong national governance is critical to disrupting the transnational criminal networks masterminding the illicit flow of horn and threatening the security of the world’s remaining rhino populations.

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