Originally published in The Guardian. Increase in conflict between species and drought prompt sale of animals that are at risk of extinction due to poaching. Namibia has put 170 “high value” wild elephants up for sale due to drought and an increase in elephant numbers, the southern African country’s environmental ministry has said An advertisement… Continue reading Namibia to auction 170 wild elephants, saying rising numbers threaten people
Originally published in The Guardian. Photograph: 2630ben/Getty Images/iStockphoto Namibia plans to auction 170 wild elephants because of drought and an increase in numbers bringing them into conflict with people. Increase in conflict between species and drought prompt sale of animals that are at risk of extinction due to poaching Namibia has put 170 “high value”… Continue reading Namibia to auction 170 wild elephants, saying rising numbers threaten people
Lausanne, 18 June 2020 – On Tuesday, Chris Lischewski, the driving force behind the creation of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), received a three-year prison sentence in the United States for fixing the price of canned tuna. The former CEO of Bumble Bee Sea Foods is now disgraced beyond recovery. The story behind this… Continue reading Tuna-price-fixing
Foreword For some time CHASA has observed certain events within the legislative houses of the United Kingdom that have been concerning and even alarming regarding the issue of trophy hunting, and the import of hunting trophies. In particular, a debate which occurred in the Commons on 15 May 2019 lead us to write a formal… Continue reading Formal Submission on the DEFRA Consultation on the Controls on the Import & Export of Hunting Trophies
By Rodney Genricks. The diagram was developed for the express purpose of making people aware of who the beneficiaries were in a sustainable way and what is destroying our rhino and wildlife in a unsustainable manner. View as PDF:
By Aidan Wallace. Originally published in the Toronto Sun. The polar bear population is increasing according to federal affidavits submitted by Inuit groups, Blacklock’s Reporter reports. “Inuit have not noticed a significant decline in the health of the polar bears,” the director of wildlife management for the Nunavik Marine Region Wildlife Board wrote in a court affidavit.… Continue reading ‘NOT GOING EXTINCT’: Court documents claim Canadian polar bear population is thriving
Tiger sharks will never be in danger of depletion, nor worse, under current fishing methods worldwide. They mature very quick as far as sharks go, and the females are always much larger than the males, and probably mate with several males like many shark species during breeding season that helps genetic diversity, and have scores… Continue reading DIRECTED SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, INC. A Saltwater Fisheries Consulting Company
By Kristof Titeca and Patrick Edmond. Originally published in Conservation and Society. Abstract There have been widespread reports of elephant poaching by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park (GNP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), presenting a narrative that ivory poaching funds terror and that both can be solved by… Continue reading Outside the Frame: Looking Beyond the Myth of Garamba’s LRA Ivory–Terrorism Nexus
Originally published in Cogent Social Sciences. Abstract: The community-based natural resources management (CBNRM) pro- gramme in Botswana was developed to facilitate a partnership between local communities and government for the conservation of natural resources whilst giving local communities usufruct rights to natural resources. This study sought to establish the impact of the wildlife hunting prohibition… Continue reading The impact of wildlife hunting prohibition on the rural livelihoods of local communities in Ngamiland and Chobe District Areas, Botswana
Abstract: The community-based natural resources management (CBNRM) pro- gramme in Botswana was developed to facilitate a partnership between local communities and government for the conservation of natural resources whilst giving local communities usufruct rights to natural resources. This study sought to establish the impact of the wildlife hunting prohibition on the livelihoods of rural communities.… Continue reading The impact of wildlife hunting prohibition on the rural livelihoods of local communities in Ngamiland and Chobe District Areas, Botswana
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