Rhino poaching rates in Africa declined to 2.3% in 2021 from 3.9% of the population in 2018. This is according to a new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the global non-governmental organisation Traffic. The report was compiled for the 19th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which will be held in Panama in November. According to the report, at least 2 707 rhinos were poached in Africa between 2018 and 2021. Information was gathered from 13 rhino range countries, namely Namibia, Botswana, Chad, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Overall, Africa’s rhino population has declined by around 1.6% per year, from an estimated 23 562 individuals in 2018 to 22 137 at the end of 2021.