Conservation groups say the rate of rhinoceros poaching in Africa has dropped significantly since a peak in 2015.
The latest figures on the animal whose horns are coveted in traditional Chinese medicine are recorded in a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the NGO Traffic.
The report says overall there was a decrease, with about 22,137 rhinos, black and white, left in Africa at the end of 2021. Ferreira says he believes it wasn't, as some experts have suggested, the COVID-19 lockdowns that made the difference, but improved policing and community involvement. The IUCN Traffic report says since 2018, several education campaigns have been delivered to more than one million people.
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