Question NW992 to the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Bryant, Mr D W to ask the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

In light of the hunting and export quota of 10 leopards for 2022 that was st on 25 February 2022,what are the details of the robust date generated by a sophisticated leopard monitoring programme, including but not limited to, the (a) scientific methodology used, (b) period for with the programme has been in operation, (c) number of localities surveyed, (d) nature and number of records submitted and (e) estimated number of leoapards in each locality; (a) how has it been established that the individual population was (i) stable and/or (ii) increasing and (b) what is the estimated total number of leopard in the Republic; What are the reason that a leopard hunting quota has been set when the existing Non-Detriment Findings of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife are outdated?