November 1, 2021
Partnering Up
How a collaboration between government agencies, conservation groups and landowners in Montana is showing that wildlife conservation and human prosperity can coexist.
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CONSERVATION & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
July 14, 2021
Suing to protect valuable wildlife
Wildlife is valuable. When harmed, such as by commercial poaching or illegal trade, our response should be not only to punish offenders, but to seek remedies. Conservation litigation provides opportunities to secure justice for wildlife.
July 14, 2021
Hunters and Anglers need to be on Frontlines of Biodiversity Conservation
The Hunt Fish 30 by 30 coalition’s priorities were directly acknowledged in the Biden Administration’s report Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful—but continued dialogue with, and active engagement by the sporting community is essential.
July 14, 2021
Counting Sheep: Research pioneers promising new wildlife survey method
Researchers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the New Mexico Game and Fish Department pioneered an innovative new way to estimate animal population sizes simply, safely, and affordably, with remarkable accuracy. This will help biologists around the world to confidently apply distance sampling techniques with camera trapping to estimate the population size of any wild, unmarked animal.
July 14, 2021
Elephants are thriving in Namibia
A veteran conservationist interviews scientists experienced in the incredibly complex (and expensive) process of counting elephants. It turns out that Namibia’s elephant numbers are several times higher than the estimates of protectionist activists (and their organizations).
July 14, 2021
UK charity raises funds at expense of Africans
Community leaders from six African countries lodge a complaint to the Charity Commission for England and Wales over Born Free Foundation’s false claims which undermine African conservation achievements.
July 14, 2021
Conservation versus profit: South Africa’s ‘unique’ game offer a sobering lesson
Professor Hart’s 2017 article on conservation controversies is as relevant today as it was back then. Be it in connection with the recent wildlife policy initiatives of the South African government, the integration of rural communities into wildlife policy and management, and the formation of conservation alliances (see Conservation Frontline Editor-in-Chief’s opinion piece “Let’s Forge Conservation Coalitions“).
July 14, 2021
A ‘Dark Ages’ of wildlife management descends on the West
In part 2 of their dialogue, Wilkinson and Sadler discuss how state legislators [in the United States] are setting back wildlife conservation for grizzlies, wolves and other iconic animals.
July 14, 2021
Scimitar Horned Oryx—Five years on
Scimitar-horned oryx once occurred across the sub-desert belt of Africa. Now extinct in the wild due to a lethal combination of overhunting, drought and habitat loss, its reintroduction in Chad provides hope.
April 15, 2021
Science + Celebrity for Conservation–A call for partnership based on knowledge, not opposition driven by emotion
This moving essay is a response to criticism that wildlife scientists don’t seem aware that “science isn’t enough.”READ MORE