By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick As the world staggers under the catastrophic impact of eating a wild animal, probably a pangolin, the South African government has reclassified 130 wild animals as meat. The next pandemic could be round the corner with its...
By Don Pinnock – Daily Maverick The world is witnessing an unprecedented, human-induced collapse of biodiversity and is in the middle of a global pandemic caused by the consumption of wild species often kept in cruel, unsanitary conditions. Laws insisting on animal...
By George Wittemyer - Associate professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University COVID-19 is one of countless emerging infectious diseases that are zoonotic, meaning they originate in animals. About 75% of emerging infectious...
By Jared Kukura – Wild Things Initiative Feeling the pressure of the United Kingdom’s upcoming decision on a trophy hunting import ban, Botswana reiterated their unscientific opinion that the country has too many elephants. In their eyes, hunting...
By Mattia Bessone - PhD Researcher in Conservation Biology, Liverpool John Moores University; Barbara Fruth -Associate Professor, Liverpool John Moores University Tropical rainforests are the world’s richest land habitats for biodiversity, harbouring stunning numbers...
By Simon Evans -Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University There will be few positives to take from coronavirus. But the global pandemic may yet prove to be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade. The media has...
By Dr Adam Cruise - University of Stellenbosch It is with great sadness that a giant of global wildlife conservation passed away yesterday. Professor Alejandro Nadal was a dear friend and colleague to many of us whose immense scholarly insight into the economics of...
By John E. Scanlon AO - Special Envoy at African Parks Network One million species are facing extinction within decades unless we change course according to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Can we save one species at a time...
By Professor Klauss Bosselmann, Chair of the IUCN WCEL Ethics Specialist Group - Program on African Protected Areas (PAPACO) Humanity is plundering the planet with accelerating speed - destruction of natural habitats, wildlife and biodiversity included. If we do not...
By Dr. Ross Harvey - Independent Economist, University of Cape Town Symptomatic of the Botswana government’s shaky relationship with reality is its letter to the United Kingdom’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). A full week after...