The Economics of Wildlife Trade The Economics of Wildlife Trade Illegal trade of wildlife has been recognised as an important driver of biodiversity loss. In many quarters the use of legal markets has been presented as the best policy option for conservation, giving way to the economic analysis of wildlife trade and markets. This paperContinue reading “The Economics of Wildlife Trade”
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Assessing the Risks of Rhino Horn Trade
Assessing the Risks of Rhino Horn Trade Between 1979 and 1989 Africa lost 600 000 elephants, killed by criminals when a relentless demand for ivory from Asia had the numbers of elephants plummet across central Africa. Today less than 400 000 elephants are left in Africa. The continent is losing 4 elephants every hour. ThereContinue reading “Assessing the Risks of Rhino Horn Trade”
Urgent Garamba Update – 13 May 2014
Urgent Garamba Update – 13 May 2014 Some really sad news heard today. 33 Elephants have been killed by poachers in Garamba National Park over the last 5 weeks. On Friday alone 10 were gunned down. Below is the official update from African Parks:
The Reality of Rhino Poaching
The Reality of Rhino Poaching The Bloody Puzzle of Rhino Poaching [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNk3FCzB_U] The story of Geza as told by Dr William Fowlds [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvlTOUXow0]
The Rhino Puzzle
The Rhino Puzzle http://rhinokiller.co.za/ Hard-hitting & disconcerting, the Bloody Rhino Puzzle is a film on how grinding poverty drives the recruitment of an endless stream of Mozambican rhino poachers.
Barbarians at Ivory’s Gate
Barbarians at Ivory’s Gate “Africa’s human and natural resources have been pillaged and plundered for generations by people from far off lands. Our elephant ivory and rhino horn are going to countries where they are used for God knows what! Only to satisfy ridiculous outdated beliefs whilst we remain with carcasses, as proof we onceContinue reading “Barbarians at Ivory’s Gate”
A Digital Conservation Movement : The Holy Grail for wildlife?
A Digital Conservation Movement : The Holy Grail for wildlife? parallax WcMgcq The African continent is recognised by the world for its wildlife habitat. A much faster pace of industrialisation and earlier population explosions on other continents over the last few hundred years have resulted in extreme eradication of wildlife in Europe, Asia and theContinue reading “A Digital Conservation Movement : The Holy Grail for wildlife?”
Rhinos: Why did South Africa skip a vital conference on illegal wildlife trade?
Rhinos: Why did South Africa skip a vital conference on illegal wildlife trade? In London last week international media scrambled to cover the high-level and much anticipated international conference on illegal wildlife trade. However, there was one notable absentee. South Africa’s absence at the conference and non-participation in the signing of the London Declaration areContinue reading “Rhinos: Why did South Africa skip a vital conference on illegal wildlife trade?”
The “Inconvenient” luxury of endangered wildlife in Asia
The “Inconvenient” luxury of endangered wildlife in Asia parallax WcMgcq Lobbyists advocating to legitimise rhino horn trade generally do not examine the use of rhino horn in Asia in terms of it being a luxury goods product. With a record 1004 rhinos killed in South Africa in 2013, rhino horn sells for as much asContinue reading “The “Inconvenient” luxury of endangered wildlife in Asia”
Reflections
Reflections – Natalie Lapides This is supposed to be a reflection back from the end of the internship, but the way I see it, this internship is a new beginning for me in rhino conservation. I can’t believe how quickly two months went by, and how much I’ve learned in that time. I always caredContinue reading “Reflections”