By Uttara Mendiratta, Anand M. Osuri, Sarthak J. Shetty & Abishek Harihar AbstractArmed conflicts are a pervasive global threat, but their implications for wildlife conservation remain unclear. Using a 30-year spatial dataset of armed conflicts in conjunction with...
By Lee Hewitson and Sian Sullivan Abstract Namibia's internationally acclaimed CBNRM program depends to a large extent on revenues generated from the trophy hunting of wild animals. The model is an important example of an increasingly 'neoliberal' global policy...
By Africa Geographic Researchers working in the Kenya Long-term Enclosure Experiment have been monitoring the effects of the presence or absence of elephants and other wild herbivores and cattle on savanna ecosystems for 20 years, to understand the impact that each...
By Jake Wall, George Wittemyer, Brian Klinkenberg, Valerie LeMay, Stephen Blake, Samantha Strindberg, Michelle Henley, Fritz Vollrath, Fiona Maisels, Jelle Ferwerda and Iain Douglas-Hamilton - Current Biology •229 African elephants were tracked across forest, Sahel,...
By Enrico Di Minin, Anna Haukka, Anna Hausmann, Christoph Fink, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, Hayley Clements & Ricardo A. Correia Summary The widespread activity of recreational hunting is proposed as a means of conserving nature and supporting...
By Jessica Bell Rizzolo - Science Direct Abstract Many wildlife species are impacted by unsustainable consumption. Wildlife is consumed for such diverse purposes as food, medicine, ornamentation, entertainment, and social status. However, it is still debated whether...
By Michele A. Miller, Tanya J. Kerr, Candice R. de Waal, Wynand J. Goosen, Elizabeth M. Streicher, Guy Hausler, Leana Rossouw, Tebogo Manamela, Louis van Schalkwyk, Léanie Kleynhans, Robin Warren, Paul van Helden, and Peter E. Buss - Centers for Disease Control and...
By Prof Rudi van Aarde/story by Primarashni Gower - University of Pretoria, South Africa n international study led by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Rudi van Aarde suggests that the mass die-off of 350 elephants in one area of northern Botswana last year...
By Sofia Venturini and David L. Roberts Abstract Despite efforts of law enforcement, tech companies and other stakeholders, the illegal online trade in wildlife products continues to increase. A particular problem in tackling this online illicit trade is the...
By Isla Duporge, Olga Isupova, Steven Reece, David W. Macdonald, Tiejun Wang ABSTRACT: Satellites allow large-scale surveys to be conducted in short time periods with repeat surveys possible <24hrs. Very high-resolution satellite imagery has been successfully used...