Caroline Cox Portrait

Dr Caroline Cox

Associate Professor in Wildlife Crime and Policy

Caroline.Cox@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Summary

I am a senior lecturer at Portsmouth Law School, The University of Portsmouth. 

I am currently part of the teaching teams for the following undergraduate units: Wildlife Crime: Threats and Responses; Equity and Trusts; The Law of Succession and The Legal Project.

I am the lead researcher in the University of Portsmouth's Ivory Project. The project, set up in November 2015, analyses the sale of illegal ivory through various routes in the U.K. and overseas. The project has also been involved in other illegal wildlife trade issues, including pangolin trafficking and rhino poaching. We work with law enforcement, charities and NGOs to analyse and advise on the threats of and responses to the illegal wildlife trade.

Biography

In November 2015, together with Nick Pamment (ICJS, University of Portsmouth) I launched The Ivory Project at the House of Commons. The aim of the project was to investigate the sale of ivory by the British antiques trade. The project lasted for 18 months and culminated in a report, The Elephant in the Sale Room.

My report was used by the British Government as part fo their  Impact Assessment into potential changes in the law regarding the sale of ivory in the U.K. On the 18th December 2018 the Ivory Act 2018 became law. We were proud to be part of the discussion and to have had an influence on the chnage in law in the U.K.

The project has developed to include collaborations with partners in the U.K. and overseas. Our current projects includes an investiagtion in to the sale of illegal wildlife trade products on line and cross-jurisdicational cooperation in the Range States.

Research interests

The illegal wildlife trade

Sale of ivory through online platforms

Human/wildlife conflict in the Range States

British wildlife at risk: Birds of prey 

Geo-cultural Heritage

Teaching responsibilities

Teaching responsibilities within the Portsmouth Law School

Equity and Trusts

The Law of Succession

The Legal Project

Teaching responsibilities within SCCJ

Wildlife Crime: Threats and Responses

Research outputs

2024

National parks and protected areas: a comparison of the approach taken in the UK and France to the protection of green spaces

Cox, C., Natali, M.

30 Jun 2024, In: Laws. 13, 4, 24p., 41

Research output: Article

2023

Ice ivory to white gold: links between the illegal ivory trade and the trade in geo-cultural artefacts

Cox, C., Hauser, L. M.

4 Jul 2023, In: Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, 25p.

Research output: Article

2022

2021

The elephant in the courtroom: an analysis of the Ivory Act 2018, its path to enactment and potential impact on the illegal trade in ivory

Cox, C.

21 Jun 2021, In: Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy

Research output: Article

Selective liability, regulated digital commerce, and the subversion of product trading bans: the case of elephant ivory

Cox, C., Collins, A.

1 Jun 2021, In: Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 26, 3, p. 245-261, 17p.

Research output: Article

2020

The evolution of regional wildlife conservation, environmental protection and anti-poaching law in the Southern African development community

Mogomotsi, G. E. J., Mogomotsi, P. K., Cox, C.

20 Oct 2020, In: Commonwealth Law Bulletin

Research output: Article

On the judicial annulment of the ‘domestic’ trade moratorium in South African rhinoceros horn: a law and economics perspective

Collins, A., Marire, J., Cox, C.

1 Jun 2020, In: European Journal of Law and Economics. 49, 3, p. 361-372, 12p.

Research output: Article

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