Luanda — Representatives of member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) outlined on Wednesday to Friday in Johannesburg, South Africa, strategies to combat poaching, until 2020. The meeting allowed the approval of the strategy and law enforcement and in the fight against poaching in the region, said the national director of Biodiversity of the Ministry of Environment of Angola, Joaquim Manuel. The official was speaking to Angop from Johannesburg, stressing that the strategy aims to inform the SADC member States on the need for a collective approach to the conservation and protection of wildlife in the region. He also said that the strategy will ensure the search for better coordination among the various actors in the defence of the most varied species within and outside SADC. On poaching, Joaquim Manuel defended the need of combined effort among member states to overcome the evil and combat the illegal and international trade of animals and parts. Today, he added, the kilogram of rhino horns cost USD 65,000 at international black market, which encourages increasingly poaching. He informed that 3, 668 rhinos were killed in South Africa since 2009. Around the world, were confiscated large amounts of ivory, mostly originating from Africa that exceeded sustainable limits by 2013. However, Southern Africa also contains the largest remaining elephant populations in the world which need to be preserved and protected. In the case of Angola, the official said that the country has drawn up its National Ivory Action Plan for 2015-2016 , to stop the trafficking of ivory and rhino horns in our territory. SADC comprises Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.