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2022-03-31-accounts

Registered Charity No. 1183764

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2022

REFENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Board of Trustees James Brett (Chair since 24 January 2021) Robert Hepworth (Chair until 24 January 2021) Julie Duckworth (Treasurer, re-elected 24 January 2021) Bernadette Jaye (Re-elected 24 January 2021)

Treasurer and Secretary Julie Duckworth Chief Executive Dr Barbara Maas Patron Sir Ranulph Fiennes Charity number 1183764 Registered office The Atrium 4 Curtis Road Dorking RH4 1XA

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The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ending 31 March 2022.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

People for Nature and Peace (PNP) was entered on the UK Charity Commission Register of Charities on 6 June 2019 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). As such, PNP is strictly governed by its constitution, dated 6 June 2019. All of PNP’s staff and advisors are volunteers.

Governing Body and Structure

Trustees

As of the date of our registration on 6 June 2019, our first governing body consists of four trustees, which have been appointed in accordance with the charity’s constitution. Future trustee appointments will follow the guidance set by the Charity Commission, PNP’s constitution, as well as any future policies regarding the appointment, induction and training of trustees for the charity.

PNP’s current trustees manage the charity as set out in paragraph 9 (c) (3) of the constitution, and as ratified in the minutes of the trustees meeting on 27 January 2019, are:

James Brett for 4 years Chair (elected 24 January 2021) Robert Hepworth for 4 years (re-elected 24 January 2021) Julie Duckworth for 4 years Treasurer (re-elected 24 January 2021) Bernadette Jayne for 4 years (re-elected from 24 January 2021)

Operational responsibility is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer. Our project activities benefit greatly from the support of our Conservation Advisers. All our in-house operational activities, including those of the CEO, are carried out on a voluntary basis, without remuneration.

Patron

Renowned explorer and adventurer Sir Ranulph Fiennes acts as the charity’s patron. Described as “the world’s greatest living explorer”, Sir Ranulph has led countless expeditions to some of the world’s most remote, tough and inaccessible regions. Sir Ranulph is an equally staunch advocate for animals and nature. We are deeply grateful to have his support.

Technical Advisors

PNP’s work benefits greatly from the skills and expertise of its international conservation and animal welfare technical advisors to further its aims and objectives.

They are as follows:

Prof Bill Ripple, Senior Conservation Adviser, professor of ecology at the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University, USA.

Lhendup Tharchen, Conservation Adviser, Chief Forestry Officer at the Royal Government of Bhutan’s Forests & Park Services, Bhutan.

Swen Busch, antipoaching and sniffer dog trainer and advisor, Germany.

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Our mission and purpose are to preserve the Earth's biodiversity through Compassionate Conservation of wild species and to help preserve the ecosystem functions of wild habitats on which all life depends. We also work to protect individual animals and foster kindness towards them and nature in general.

Specifically,

As set out in its constitution, People for Nature and Peace aims to promote, for the benefit of the public, the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and recognised endangered species, in particular but not exclusively by supporting conservation projects and programmes that protect wild flora and fauna and foster responsible stewardship of the planet and its species to promote sustainable living and peace.

PNP strives to advance the education of the public in subjects pertaining to the welfare of animals, the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and the protection and conservation of endangered species and to conduct or commission research into such subject areas, publishing the useful results thereof for the public benefit.

PNP promotes kind and compassionate behaviour towards animals by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for the care, protection, treatment and security of animals which are in need of care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or ill usage.

PNP’s objectives, promoting kindness towards animals and fostering compassionate and responsible stewardship of the natural world to alleviate suffering, counter species extinctions, and promote sustainable living and peace, invites the public to examine current practices impacting the world’s biodiversity and adopt approaches that facilitate survival and wellbeing.

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Our Goals

1. Advance public awareness and understanding about the links between biodiversity conservation, sustainability and peace, and promote activities that address them.

Using public education and policy work at the individual, community, national and international levels, as well as research, PNP works towards this goal by:

Promoting an eco-centric, rather than an anthropocentric world view and inspire a culture of responsible stewardship of nature.

2 . Alleviate the erosion of the earth’s life support systems and its biodiversity through the protection of wild species and habitats, public education, policy work and research

Using public education and policy work at the individual, community, national and international levels, as well as research, PNP works towards this goal by:

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3. Promote kind and oppose cruel behaviour and attitudes towards animals

Using public education and policy work at the individual, community, national and international levels, as well as research, PNP works towards this goal by:

4. Provide, or assist in the provision of facilities, veterinary care, protection and rehabilitation for animals in need of care and attention.

PNP aims to achieve this goal by:

Project Selection

We recognise that there are countless worthwhile and deserving projects that could be seen to meet and further our objectives, particularly with so many species and natural areas under threat of extinction. To that end, PNP developed an effective project selection matrix tool to assess the comparative merit of potential project activities according to a set of independent criteria. Using this tool, the trustees confirmed that, subject to funding, PNP’s ongoing projects during this financial year would be as follows (not in order of priority):

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These projects all work with local communities to ensure successful, inclusive, participatory, equitable and sustainable outcomes. PNP is proud to collaborate with local professionals, volunteers and communities in the furtherance of its objectives.

The trustees confirm that regard has been given to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in each and every project it undertakes.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

People for Nature and Peace is a dedicated and dynamic nature conservation and animal welfare charity that is run entirely by volunteers. Collectively, our experts have more than 100 years of practical experience in helping and saving animals and wild places around the world. Our charity combines sound science with sincere compassion and offers effective and practical help fast and where it is needed most. We tackle the full spectrum of threats facing nature and animals, whether they affect individuals, populations or species. Nature is always at the centre of our work, because without nature, there can be no us.

Three decades ago, Principle 25 of the Rio Declaration recognized that “ Peace, development and environmental protection are interdependent and indivisible ”. Global wildlife populations in every type of habitat are in steep decline. An estimated one million species face extinction as a result of human actions. Humans and livestock now account for almost 96% of the planet’s land vertebrate biomass. A radical change from 10,000 years ago when this relationship was still one percent humans to 99 percent wild vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians). In the 46 years between 1970 and 2016 alone, humanity eradicated 68 percent of all vertebrate populations. Fewer and fewer already weakened natural habitats and species are expected to meet an ever-growing human demand for space, food, energy, materials, clean water and air. The results of this disparity are all around us and include climate change and unmatched biodiversity loss. Direct exploitation of animals and plants represents the second largest of five key drivers of this accelerating destruction. Domestic and international trade in wildlife for food, status symbols, fashion, as medicines or pets is a significant factor. The exploitation, weakening and destruction of ecosystems and species also increases the risk of the development and spread of zoonotic diseases such as SARS-CoV-2, which caused the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. These changes therefore also directly affect our health.

Organisations, including the UN and the WHO, have urged a fundamental, transformative rethink of the way we interact with the nature as the only way to protect and restore the Earth's degraded biodiversity and ecosystems. PNP works to heal our broken and self-destructive relationship with nature and in doing so, heal ourselves.

One of PNP’s core priorities is to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by promoting lifestyle choices that support the life-sustaining natural functioning of our planet, which underpins all dimensions of human health, wellbeing and quality of life. In the past year we provided statements, participated in hearings, working groups and meetings to highlight dangers, opportunities and stricter international

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wildlife protection regulations. We also provided financial support for field projects to protect wild species and their habitat.

2021 marked the second year of the corona crisis. As a result, almost all in-person meetings and conferences were cancelled, making face-to-face contact with decision-makers more difficult. At the same time, improved access to online meetings opened up new ways of reaching out and communicating across the globe. Despite the pandemic, People for Nature and Peace was able to deliver against key project goals to protect rhinos, tigers, polar bears and other species. We were also able to mount an ad hoc emergency response to provide lifesaving care for more than 50 service dogs that were abandoned at Kabul airport after the allies withdrew from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021.

PNP relies entirely on donations from individuals and businesses to carry out our work and passionately seek their support.

Projects Activities and Campaigns

Protecting Rhinos and Tigers in India

Rhinos and tigers everywhere are under siege from poachers, illegal traffickers, national and international criminal networks, art collectors, status and pleasure seekers, medical patients and financial speculators intent on cashing in on their increasing rarity. We set up, train and support a highly skilled anti-poaching dog unit in the Indian state of Assam, which supports the Indian Forest Department and its rangers. The dog team sniffs out poachers, weapons, hideouts and wildlife contraband. It operates in the stronghold of the greater one-horned rhino to help keep rhinos, tigers and other wildlife safe.

There are just over 4,000 greater one-horned rhinos left in the wild in India, Nepal and Bhutan. India is home to more than 80 percent of these prehistoric looking animals and nowhere else are they more numerous than in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kaziranga is located in the floodplains of the Brahmaputra River in northeast India in the state of Assam. With more than 2,600 greater one-horned rhinos, the park boasts the world’s largest population. Its lush landscape also provides a safe haven for over 120 Bengal tigers. Sadly, high concentrations of these species act as a magnet for poachers and international wildlife traffickers, who relentlessly seek out any opportunity to kill and sell them for profit. It is only thanks to the sincere commitment of the Indian and Assamese governments, the Forest Department of Assam and the police that poachers were able to kill only a single rhino in Kaziranga in 2021 - the lowest death toll in 21 years. Since the previous census in 2018, Kaziranga’s rhino population had also grown by 200 individuals. We are proud to contribute to this fantastic conservation success with our antipoaching sniffer dog team and so play a part in protecting and restoring this threatened species.

Our support includes funding handler salaries, food and veterinary care for the dog, uniforms, specialist field equipment, medical kits and binoculars etc. We also regularly replace dog harnesses, collars, leads, lightweight portable drinking bowls and other field gear as they wear out. The team's work is dangerous. Although our training is designed to keep everyone safe, the dog team inevitably leads the rangers in the pursuit of poachers who carry knives, machetes and high calibre firearms. Unlike the rangers, the team is unarmed. We are therefore delighted to have received a donation of five high quality stab- and slash-proof vests to help protect the dogs. To keep the handlers safe, we look forward to accepting much needed ballistic vests in the coming year.

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Continued training for dogs and handlers is essential for the effective and safe operation of the unit. The covid pandemic has prevented our team, including retired police dog trainer Swen Busch, from travelling to Assam to conduct its regular training sessions for two years. However, we have planned a visit to catch up with everyone in early 2023.

In April 2021, three-year-old rhino-protection dog Emy had everyone worried when a growth had formed on Emy’s abdomen. Accompanied by her handler, Emy was rushed from Kaziranga National Park to a veterinary college in the Assamese capital Guwahati immediately. A team of experienced surgeons successfully removed a fatty lump from Emy's abdomen removed the growth. While the growth underwent pathological tests, everyone held their breath. We are delighted that the growth turned out to be benign. Emy spent several weeks in recovery. During this time, she was cared for around the clock by her handler and the team under veterinary supervision. When she was cleared to return to sniffing out poachers, Emy returned to Kaziranga, where she received a hero’s welcome.

Assam Flood Appeal

Each year between June and September heavy monsoon rains cause the Brahmaputra River burst its banks and submerge around two-thirds of the Kaziranga National Park. The floods put the rhinos and other wild animals at risk from drowning, vehicle collisions, starvation and poaching.

The yearly flooding is critical to sustain the area’s rich plains, which support exceptional biodiversity and fertile agricultural land. But in recent years the flooding has become more severe, causing devastation and casualties among people and wildlife.

Rhinos are solitary animals and fiercely territorial. Trying to escape the floods, they crowd together on small elevated hills, turned into islands by the rising waters and become even more vulnerable to poachers at a time when patrolling the park is most difficult.

With much of their habitat under water, lack of food and hunger adds to the animals’ woes. Desperate for food and high ground, wild animals are more likely to venture into human settlements, fields and tea plantations, which can spark conflicts that easily turn violent or deadly.

To evade the floods, many animals make their way south to the highlands of Karbi Anglong. But to get there, they must cross a busy highway. Cars, trucks and buses fly along the road at breakneck speed day and night every day of the week. Accidents are inevitable, as scores of stressed, exhausted and hungry elephants, rhinos, small and large deer and other wild animals have no choice but to take their chances against the traffic. Colleagues from our Indian partner organisation, including our dog handler, are assisting the authorities around the clock by enforcing speed limits at crossing points out of the park.

PNP continues to seek donations to support them with torches, raincoats, binoculars and other field equipment.

To help mitigate the risk of zoonotic diseases and pandemics, counteract the loss of biodiversity, and preserve the Earth's life support systems, we work to end the trade in wildlife and their products.

Dog Rescue Afghanistan

We were also able to mount an emergency response to provide lifesaving care for more than 50 traumatized service dogs that were abandoned at Kabul airport after the allies withdrew from Afghanistan in mid-August 2021. PNP funds provided safety, shelter, food, water, and veterinary care for these unfortunate dogs from September 2021 until January 2022. Due to the volatility of

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the situation in Afghanistan and to protect both the support team and the dogs on the ground, we were unable to advertise this emergency relief initiative at the time. The animals’ subsequent care was taken over by international rescue groups with a view towards evacuating the dogs and rehoming them in the US.

A Win-Win for Foxes and People at Dungeness

In July 2021 we responded to concerned supporters who had alerted us to plans by EDF Energy to trap and kill several families of foxes that lived on the site of the Dungeness nuclear power plant in Kent due to safety concerns. We immediately contacted the plant’s management team to help them find non-violent alternatives to discourage several fox families from venturing onto the site. All trapping was stopped immediately and a practical, humane and non-lethal alternative plan, which worked with rather than against the foxes’ natural behaviour was agreed and implemented. EDF even adopted this new modus operandi as policy at its site in Dungeness. The result was a resounding and much welcome win-win for all parties, including the foxes, whose lives were saved.

Trophy Hunting

Close to 125,000 trophies of species that are protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) were imported globally in the five years between 2014 and 2018. PNP believes that killing protected species for the thrill of the kill and to collect trophies is scientifically unacceptable from an ecological, economic, or ethical perspective. Trophy hunters focus on healthy animals with the most imposing trophies. These are typically those with the best genetic makeup. Removing them therefore damages populations that extends well beyond the killing of individual animals by affecting overall population ecology, particularly among already depleted, threatened, and protected species. In addition, trophy hunting is usually poorly regulated and often subject to corruption. Hunting quotas are frequently set based on outdated or non-existent population figures and tend to be set unrealistically high to increase monetary gains. Realistic reproduction rates or other human-induced causes of mortality are often ignored. The IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group also emphasized in spring 2022 "that trophy hunting is not a sustainable form of use and should be rejected". Moreover, trophy hunters often use hunting methods that extend animal suffering, such as the use of bow and arrow, crossbows, muzzle-loaders or handguns.

In addition, the alleged economic benefits of trophy hunting that reach local communities are negligible, if they exist at all, and tend to amount to a few USD per capita a year. They thus fall significantly short of what is necessary to support local livelihoods or incentivise species and habitat conservation. Moreover, management costs often far exceed the revenue derived from trophy hunting. This in turn can lead to huntable wild animals being eliminated entirely from such areas before they are abandoned entirely.

PNP advocates a ban on the import of hunting trophies in the UK and elsewhere. To this end, PNP joined the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting alliance in support of the UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, which would ban British hunters from bringing body part ‘trophies’ of endangered and vulnerable wild animals into Great Britain. We also collaborate with more than 135 international conservation and animal protection organizations that are committed to sustainable species conservation without trophy hunting. Our initial activities centred in large part around efforts to help debunk the deluge erroneous claims put forward by trophy hunting proponents to justify their activities.

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A Buddhist Wildlife Demand Reduction Initiative in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a major hub for national and international wildlife trade - both legal and illegal. The region also plays a key role as an end-market as well as onward trafficking in the illegal trafficking of high-value endangered species products, including elephant ivory and rhino horn. SE Asian markets therefore play a key role in the accelerating destruction of both local, regional, and global biodiversity and have been identified as a hotspot for the development of new zoonotic diseases.

PNP CEO Dr Barbara Maas, also serves as Secretary for Environment and Conservation of the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC). The IBC is the world’s largest Buddhist umbrella body and consists of 320 member organisations from 39 countries, including the most senior Buddhist leaders in the three project countries. At Dr Maas’s initiative, the IBC supports three innovative public awareness and wildlife demand reduction campaigns in Vietnam, Bhutan and Mongolia. Under the title ‘Buddha Nature’ the project draws on the fundamental Buddhist principles of compassion towards all life, universal responsibility and interdependence. By promoting compassionate and sustainable lifestyle choices, based on the Buddha’s 2500-year-old teachings, the initiative aims to make a tangible contribution towards mitigating zoonotic disease spread and spillover risks, sustainability, and biodiversity loss, while fostering livelihood protection and peace. The project is funded by the International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade, an initiative of the German government in collaboration with NABU International.

Protecting the world’s rarest marine dolphins in New Zealand

Māui and Hector's dolphins are the smallest and rarest marine dolphins on earth and New Zealand's only native dolphin species. Fishing with gillnets and trawl nets has killed them almost to the point of extinction. Commercial and recreational fishing is decimating Māui and Hector's dolphins because less than a fifth of their habitat is protected. The dolphins' extinction is inevitable under these conditions.

Both subspecies inhabit coastal waters up to a depth of 100 metres: Hector's primarily around the South Island and Māui dolphins mainly off the west coast of the North Island. Both subspecies have suffered devastating declines since the 1970s. Today just 10,000 Hector's dolphins survive – a mere third of the original population. Māui dolphins have become so rare that they can only cope with a single death due to human activities every 10-23 years. Yet fisheries bycatch alone kills an estimated 3-4 individuals each year, pushing the animals to the very cusp of extinction. Hector's dolphin populations too have become dangerously small with at least two of numbering 45 individuals or less, and one down to around 200.

Gillnetting and trawling throughout the dolphins' habitat must end if they are to survive. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission has sharply criticised New Zealand for failing to protect the dolphins’ habitat. But like the Recommendations of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) and the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society, the IWC scientists have been entirely ignored.

PNP has joined forces with the world’s leading Māui and Hector’s dolphin expert, Prof Liz Slooten, to facilitate the creation of a contiguous marine protected area across the dolphins' habitat, where the dolphins are safe from harmful nets, seabed mining, petroleum exploration, drilling and production. To this end, Dr Maas and Prof Slooten have successfully championed the habitat of the world's smallest dolphins as a recognized Hope Spot of legendary oceanographer Silvia Earle’s Mission Blue conservation alliance. The dolphins’ plight was recognised by Mission Blue’s experts and are grateful

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to Sylvia Earle for issuing a personal video plea to the New Zealand government on the dolphins’ behalf.

PNP engages in discussions about the science of Māui and Hector’s dolphin management in New Zealand and internationally. In line with recommendations made by the IUCN, we urge an end of commercial and recreational gillnetting and trawling across the dolphins’ habitat, this . To facilitate these measures, we urge that affected fishermen be transitioned to environmentally sustainable fishing methods or alternative livelihoods. Furthermore, no seismic blasts are to take place within at least 50 nautical miles of the protected area boundary. In addition, PNP calls for strictly enforced speed and noise restrictions across the dolphins' home. Lastly, we recommended that dolphin watching and swim-with activities should be regulated and monitored according to internationally accepted best practice standards.

Our work to save the Māui and Hector’s dolphins will continue by supporting research and urging science-based decision making to avert the dolphins’ extinction.

Ending the international trade in polar bears skins and products

Although climate change already threatens their survival, each year 600 - 800 polar bears are killed for their skins and as hunting trophies. Almost 53,500 polar bears died this way between 1963 and 2016 – that’s more than twice today’s global population. This trade is entirely legal and further weakens the bears’ chances of survival.

PNP is working to eliminate this unnecessary threat to the survival of polar bears by promoting a long-overdue ban on the international trade in polar bears skins, other polar bear products and hunting trophies. At the same time, we are committed to draw attention to sustainable and far more lucrative alternative income streams for affected arctic communities in the form of low-impact, small-scale boat-based tourism. Ending the trade in polar bear products is the most important conservation action we can take for polar bears right now. Resolving the effects of climate change is a much more difficult and longer road.

Canada has stewardship over approximately two thirds of the world’s polar bears. It is also the last among fives polar bear range states to permit these exports. In fact, Canada even promotes this trade. The continued loss and thinning of sea ice, as a result of climate change poses a significant and well-recognized long-term threat to polar bears. However, Canada does not take the effects of climate change into account when setting polar bear quotas. Moreover, crucial information to determine whether these hunts are sustainable is often missing, being withheld, decades out of date or highly unreliable. In the words of one of the world’s leading polar bear experts, polar bear killquotas have largely been set against scientific advice for two decades. Sustainability is further eroded by a preference for large, healthy bears amongst fur and trophy hunters.

To address this much-neglected conservation priority, PNP is working towards a ban on international trade in polar bear skins and hunting trophies through the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which regulates international trade in endangered species. PNP first introduced the issue at the conference of the parties to CITES in 2019.

Unfortunately, the covid pandemic prevented us from carrying out many of our plans with regard to this initiative. However, we used the opportunity to deepen and widen the scope of our knowledge about different aspects of this issue. We also reached out to and gained the support of several international polar bear experts, and organisations and individuals concerned about the need for evidence-based polar bear conservation management. This has become even more urgent since the

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responsible regional authorities in Canada announced plans to pursue the actively reduction of polar bear numbers. We also intensified public outreach through our website and social media platforms to grow awareness about this much neglected aspect of polar bear conservation. (e.g., in the run-up and during International Polar Bear Day). As a result of these efforts, the New Big 5 project featured an in-depth article of our work on its own website. The New Big 5 project is an international initiative to create the Big 5 of wildlife photography instead of hunting. The venture is supported by more than 3,000 photographers, conservationists and wildlife charities from across the globe to raise awareness about the polycrisis facing the world’s wildlife through habitat loss, overexploitation, human wildlife conflict, poaching, wildlife trafficking and climate change. Thousands of people from around the world voted for the 5 species they wanted to see included in the New Big 5. We voted for polar bears of course and are delighted to see them part of this important list.

As soon as covid-related restrictions permit, we will continue to pursue our goal of seeing an end to international trade in polar bear parts.

International Collaboration

International Wildlife Trade

PNP works closely with animal protection and conservation organizations in the UK and across the globe. We are an active member of the Species Survival Network (SSN), a global alliance of nongovernmental environmental, conservation and animal protection organizations that provides a framework for international cooperation. The SSN is committed to the promotion, enhancement, and strict enforcement of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Through scientific and legal research, education and advocacy, the SSN is working to prevent over-exploitation of animals and plants due to international trade.

Protecting the Ocean

Founded and led by world-renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue is a global coalition dedicated to inspire public awareness and support for a worldwide network of marine protected areas that are large enough to restore the ocean – so-called Hope Spots. PNP has been part of Mission Blue since its formation in 2019 and acts as Mission Blue’s Hope Spot champion for both New Zealand’s Maui and Hector’s dolphins and polar bears.

Pandemics and Wildlife Trade

Due to the associated health risks, the pandemic raised the importance of wildlife trade and human animal interactions in the minds of both the public and policy makers. With this in mind, People for Nature and Peace became a member of the "International Alliance against Health Risks in Wildlife Trade". This allows us to make concrete contributions to the global debate on this critical issue.

Biodiversity destruction itself is recognized as a key driver for the emergence of new zoonotic diseases. Contact with wild animals per se raises viral spillover risk and so represents a health hazard. Research has shown that the level of contact between humans and animals correlates with zoonotic virus load among species. All stages in the trade chain therefore involve interfaces that raise the risk for the emergence and transmission of zoonotic infections for both wild caught and captive bred wild animals.

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Almost 75% of emerging infectious diseases in humans originate from animals and 65 percent of these originate in wildlife. In 2020, UN experts warned that the number of zoonotic diseases will continue to rise unless action is taken to protect wildlife and preserve the environment. Almost half of all new diseases that have moved from animals to humans after 1940 can be traced to changes in land use, agriculture, or wildlife hunting. Overexploitation and wildlife trade are associated with inherent and inevitable risks in terms of hastening the emergence of new and transmission of existing zoonotic diseases and biodiversity loss, which in turn furthers the emergence of further zoonoses. The One Health approach recognizes the interconnectedness between the health of humans, animals, plants and their shared environment. It clearly shows that the complex and inextricable interrelationships between humanity and the biosphere are not limited to climate change and species loss, but also manifests itself with regard to human health. This includes the accelerating emergence of infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans - socalled zoonoses – solely as a result of human activities.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

The annual accounts to 31 March 2022 showed a total of £4,309.11 available in cash funds. Donations to PNP raised £19,657.12 with £15,842.51 restricted and £3,814.61 unrestricted. Restricted donations received were towards the Assam Rhino Protection Sniffer Dog Unit, the Polar Bear Protection initiative and the Afghanistan Dog Rescue project. Total charitable income was £24,822.25. Payments made amounted to £20,513.14 with £30,10.00 going to the Assam Dog Unit, £15,774.19 going to the Afghanistan Dog Rescue and £512.27 going towards the Polar Bear Initiative. The remaining £1,216.68 was expended in administrative costs. PNP’s administration cost were therefore limited to about 5% of total charity’s expenditure.

The charity’s primary source of income to 31 March 2022 was donations from individuals, charities and NGOs. PNP will continue to seek donations from individuals, businesses and foundations to support its conservation and animal protection projects and advocacy initiatives. PNP will continue to raise public awareness about its work through its website, social media as well as networking and hopes to raise funds appropriate to further its work.

The main financial risk to PNP is a loss of donations. Currently, PNP operates without reserves. This will be regularly reviewed to consider potential losses and unexpected expenses. No Gift Aid funds were recovered from HMRC for the period of this report.

The Trustees confirm that they have received no remuneration or other benefits from the Charity. The Trustees also confirm that neither the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, nor the Technical Advisors have received any remuneration or other benefits from the Charity.

Declaration

The Trustees declare that they have approved the above report and authorised that it be signed on their behalf. Signed on behalf of the Trustees for People for Nature and Peace

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PEOPLE FOR NATURE AND PEACE Charity No: 1183764 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 2022

Section A
Receipts and Payments		 Section A
Receipts and Payments
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Funds
£ £ £
A1 Receipts
Donations 3814.61 15842.51 19657.12
Sub total 3814.61 15842.51 19657.12
A2 Asset and investment sales, etc
0.00 0.00 0.00
Total receipts 3841.61 15842.51 19657.12
A3 Payments
Registered address/virtual office 520.00
Administration 696.68
Zoom annual subscription 143.88
Projects 19152.58
Sub total 1360.56 19152.58 20513.14
A4 Asset and Investment purchases, etc
0.00 0.00 0.00
Total payments 1360.56 19152.58 20513.14
Net(of receipts/payments) 2454.05 (3310.07) (856.02)
A5 Transfer between funds
Received – Paypal to Bank Account
Donations 521.34 2266.56 2787.90
Payments 676.22 368.39 1044.61
Net(of receipts/payments) (154.88) 1898.17 1743.29
A6 Cash funds last year end

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Bank Account
(513.87)
5683.55
Cash fund at year End
31 March 2022
1940.18
2373.48
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities
B1 Cash funds
Bank account
1940.18
2373.48
Paypal account
0.00
0.00
Total cash fund
1940.18
2373.48		 5165.13
4309.11
4309.11
0.00
4309.11

B2 Other monetary assets – B3 Investment assets – B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use –

B5 Liabilities

Registered address/virtual office (incl. mail forwarding) 380.00 due next quarter – end June 2022

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Annual Accounts Statement for the year ending 31 March 2022

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