October 1, 2019 In Conservation & Wildlife Management, Editorial, October 2019 - Volume I-4, Rural Communities & Livelihoods By Gerhard R. Damm

Protectionist NGOs Obstruct Real Conservation–And the Dunning-Kruger Effect keeps them in power

Through social media, protectionist NGOs are flourishing. Anti-hunting groups broadly refuse—or refute—scientific research and often ignore socio-economic factors while collecting millions in donations and saddling range states and rural communities with high conservation costs. It doesn’t have to be this way.READ MORE

October 1, 2019 In Conservation & Wildlife Management, October 2019 - Volume I-4, Rural Communities & Livelihoods By By Amy Dickman, Rosie Cooney, Paul J. Johnson, Maxi Pia Louis, Dilys Roe and 128 signatories

Trophy Hunting Bans Imperil Biodiversity

International scientists—many of them non-hunters—argue there is compelling evidence that ending trophy hunting risks land conversion and biodiversity loss. Trophy hunting can provide income for marginalized and impoverished rural communities. Effective hunting reforms should be prioritized over bans.READ MORE

October 1, 2019 In Conservation & Wildlife Management, Editorial, October 2019 - Volume I-4, Regional News By Silvio Calabi

Hunting & Social Media: Namibia Has a Position on That–Today’s hunters must take the Worldwide Web into account

Social media posts of happy hunters with dead animals often dismay anti-hunters and non-hunters alike, with predictable negative consequences. Namibia’s Ministry of Tourism and Environment, which regulates that country’s safari trade, has said it wants to ban such posts outright. NAPHA, Namibia’s professional hunting body, has countered with a social-media code of conduct. All hunters everywhere should think long and hard before publicizing trophy photos.READ MORE