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Amid a growing human population, African elephants are confined to an increasingly managed existence. Do we want more for one of the world’s most loved species?
There is a significant elephant-poaching problem in northern Botswana that has likely been going on for over a year.
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
Botswana has been an unparalleled elephant conservation success story. That seems to be changing.
What would you do if you saw a fisher breaking the law? Would you report the offender to the police? Confront them? Or would you do nothing? These choices affect the future of marine protected areas.
Environmental organizations are using games to engage communities on conservation matters.
Translocations have become more frequent in Africa. Elephants are the biggest animals to be moved.
The death penalty and military intervention to combat poaching, isn’t the answer to saving endangered species.
Kenya’s death penalty proposal is not the quick fix solution to curb wildlife poaching.
Many poachers continue to poach to improve their incomes, rather than just make ends meet.
Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
If the allegations are true Zimbabwe intends to prosecute Grace Mugabe for ivory and rhino horn smuggling.
Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
The EU and UK are fuelling the illegal trade through their continuing sale of legal ivory items.
The destruction of a massive haul of illegal ivory was supposed to send a message to poachers and those who trade in the tusks. Did they notice, or can the ivory be used to help elephant conservation?
Poaching is changing focus by moving from the Kruger National Park to other provinces and reserves.
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Professor, Forest Resources Management, University of Ilorin
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Conservation Biology, University of Reading
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Environmental Social Scientist, Newcastle University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Vétérinaire, expert CITES, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Director, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Course Convenor and Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor of human resource development, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau