By Adam Cruise As the passage of the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill moves to the Committee Stage of the House of Lords, a suite of amendments has been tabled for deliberation. These amendments include amending the Bill from a blanket ban to a case-by-case...
By Julian Rademeyer - Enact he national park’s most-pressing challenge is no longer preventing rhino poaching but eradicating internal corruption. For more than a decade, Kruger National Park has faced a relentless onslaught of rhino poaching. But today its greatest...
By Adam Cruise It has been claimed that the proceeds of trophy hunting provide essential revenue streams for local communities and the conservation of wildlife in marginal areas where photographic tourism is at a minimum or largely absent. Investigation conclusion:...
By Dr Adam Cruise Over the past 30 years, wildlife conservancies in Kenya have proliferated. There are currently 167 conservancies covering 11 percent of Kenya’s landmass. This is more than the area of national parks, which covers around eight percent of the total...
By Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund Executive SummaryAfricaʼ s elephants continue to be poached for their ivory tusks. To combat the poaching crisis, and to support the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)ʼ s 1990 ban on...
The Living Planet Report 2022 is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. This flagship WWF publication reveals an average decline of 69% in species populations since 1970. While conservation efforts are helping, urgent...
By Born Free Foundation Our major new report, Elephants in Zoos: A Legacy of Shame, released today, is backed by a host of leading conservation and animal welfare experts including Damian Aspinall, Chris Packham CBE, Angela Sheldrick, Dr Cynthia Moss, Dr Winnie...
By Masayuki Sakamoto, Executive Director of the Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (JTEF) Executive Summary Africa’s elephants continue to be in crisis due to poaching for trading their ivory, and domestic markets for ivory have been closing worldwide to combat this...
By Adam Cruise and Izzy Sasada Namibia is often presented as a country with exemplary elephant and wildlife conservation management, where wildlife thrives and rural communities living among and alongside Namibia’s elephants and other wildlife reportedly benefit...
By Alison Hutchinson, Nathan Stephens-Griffin, Tanya Wyatt - Northumbria University, United Kingdom AbstractWildlife faces a number of threats due to human activity, including overexploitation from excessive and/or illegal trade. The Convention on International Trade...