Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 33 minutes ago

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In South Africa approximately one rhino is being killed for its horn every day.
A pioneering effort capitalising on the world’s nuclear security infrastructure is being rolled out this week to help prevent the illegal poaching and protect South Africa’s rhino.
The Rhisotope Project, supported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is safely inserting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns to deter poachers and stop smuggling by making the horns detectable at international borders. Watch this film to find out more.  

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