Rosie Cooney, Dilys Roe, Holly Dublin, Jacob Phelps et al.
Abstract Combating the surge of illegal wildlife trade (IWT) devastating wildlife populations is an urgent global priority for conservation. There are increasing policy commitments to take action at the local community level as part of effective responses. However, there is scarce evidence that in p...
Duan Biggs, Rosie Cooney, Dilys Roe, Holly Dublin et al.
The escalating illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the most high-profile conservation challenges today. The crisis has attracted over US$350 million in donor and government funding in recent years, primarily directed at increased enforcement. There is growing recognition among practitioners and p...
Julia van Velden, Kerrie A. Wilson, Peter A. Lindsey, Hamish McCallum et al.
The hunting and consumption of wild meat (bushmeat) is recognized as a key threat to the world’s biodiversity and there are indications this threat may extend to much of the African continent. However, this problem is understudied in African savannah systems—particularly in southern Africa. Due to i...
Rebecca L. Stirnemann, Ingrid Stirnemann, Dorian S. Abbot, Duan Biggs et al.
Harvesting, consumption and trade of forest meat are key causes of biodiversity loss. Successful mitigation programs are proving difficult to design, in part because anthropogenic pressures are treated as internationally uniform. Despite illegal hunting being a key conservation issue in the Pacific ...
Simon N. Stuart, Shaikha Al Dhaheri, Elizabeth L. Bennett, Duan Biggs et al.
Abstract A controversy at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress on the topic of closing domestic ivory markets (the 007, or so-called James Bond, motion) has given rise to a debate on IUCN's value proposition. A cross-section of authors who are engaged in IUCN but not employed by the organizatio...