A response in African Sustainable Conservation News dated October 9, 2019 to a published piece on the IUCN website on September 27, 2020 – “Compatibility… Read More »The IUCN and trophy hunting – a response to the “ethics” attack on hunting
Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to information, usually presented as ‘news’ that has no… Read More »The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019
Extract: Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970. A quarter of mammals and nearly half of birds… Read More »Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970 – The Guardian. Author: Damian Carrington. 10.2019
On the surface it would seem that time is running short for African wildlife, but one Ghanaian entrepreneur sees conservation as one of the great… Read More »Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market
Extract: In an article on October 7, 2019, BBC science and environment writer Helen Briggs reported the findings of scientists from universities in the US… Read More »Global wildlife trade higher than thought
Summary: In November, 2019 The Guardian reported that antique dealers had failed in an attempt to overturn a total ban on ivory trading which was… Read More »Antique dealers, ivory and a ‘fantastic day for elephants’
The blog, written by Lindie Botha and entitled Sustainable Use in the Greater Kruger, with the tagline Publics, parliaments and lots of drama*, appeared in… Read More »Sustainable use in the Greater Kruger
Summary: Associated Press reported in September, 2019 that the Trump administration would issue a permit to a Michigan trophy hunter to import the skin, skull… Read More »US allows the import of a black rhino trophy hunted in Namibia
Summary: The BBC reported on 4th October, 2019 that South African officials had seized 342kg (754lb) of lion bones and arrested three people at Johannesburg… Read More »Lion bones weighing 342 kg seized at OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg
In a Press Release dated February 3, 2020 and published in Botswana’s newspaper The Parrot Online: “Botswana’s former President, His Excellency Dr. Seretse Khama Ian… Read More »Khama to host international conference on poaching and human wildlife conflict