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Originally published in Business Day. The contribution of the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to the conservation of African rhino over the past 40 years has been ineffective. Their trade ban has been a failure but there has been little attention paid to changing strategy. There is no indication that CITES will… Continue reading DOMESTIC TRADE IN RHINO HORN
Author: Nils Stolpe/FishNet USA I’ve been reviewing my past writings to gauge which, if any, have aged gracefully and which haven’t. I’ll be redistributing those that I think were particularly noteworthy, either because they were – and perhaps still are – on target or because they weren’ t – or aren’ t. The following addresses… Continue reading The Sustainable Fisheries Act – January 11, 2000 revisited
It is widely agreed that the International Whaling Commission is dysfunctional. Such is its dysfunctionality that it holds the distinction of being the only international organization that has undertaken a multi-year adventure to “normalize” its workings – a development that predictability failed. Since then, the IWC has drifted with little purpose, perfunctorily completing its processes… Continue reading IWMC Opening Statement – IWC 66: The IWC: Providing an Example
By James A. Swan, Ph.D. Originally published on www.jamesswan.com. All across North America, millions of men and women are making plans for hunting this fall. The right gear, places, scouting, etc. are all important, but there is one other area of preparation that should also be part of your planning – people who are opposed… Continue reading Minding Hunters and Hunting
By Michael Eustace. Originally published on Business Day Live. There are at least 400,000 elephants in Africa and about 8,000 of them die of natural causes each year. In 2015 about 20,000 elephant were poached which, together with natural deaths, would have produced 196 tons of ivory at 7 kg per elephant. If half the… Continue reading “A well-structured ivory trade is the solution”
By Michael Eustace (Investment analyst) eustacem@global.co.za. The South African Cabinet, after a long process of opinion gathering, has decided not to put a proposal to CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), on rhino horn trade. Why? The Minister, Edna Molewa, at a media briefing recently, said that it was not because of… Continue reading Cabinet’s decision not to trade in rhino horn
Authors By ROBIN MCDOWELL, MARGIE MASON and MARTHA MENDOZA BENJINA, Indonesia (AP) — The Burmese slaves sat on the floor and stared through the rusty bars of their locked cage, hidden on a tiny tropical island thousands of miles from home. Just a few yards away, other workers loaded cargo ships with slave-caught seafood that… Continue reading AP Investigation: Are slaves catching the fish you buy?
Workshop on demand-side strategies for curbing illegal ivory trade 28-29 January 2015 Hangzhou, China View as PDF:
Author Nils E. Stolpe, FishNet USA There are people who don’t like fishing. There are people who don’t like anyone who isn’t a vegan. There are people who don’t like progress. There are people who don’t like efficiency. There are people who don’t like to thoroughly research issues. There are people who don’t like technology.… Continue reading Their careers and their futures depend on attacking fishermen and fishing. What more can we expect from them?
IWMC World Conservation Trust wishes to thank the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and its people for hosting the 65th Meeting of the International Whaling Commission Whatever else might be said about the debate over whaling, it has demonstrated considerable longevity as an ongoing public issue. This might be understandable in the context of… Continue reading Opening Statement by IWMC World Conservation Trust to IWC 65
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