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...
Penny F. Langhammer, Joseph W. Bull, Jake E. Bicknell, Joseph Oakley et al.
Governments recently adopted new global targets to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. It is therefore crucial to understand the outcomes of conservation actions. We conducted a global meta-analysis of 186 studies (including 665 trials) that measured biodiversity over time and compared outcom...
Thomas Cherico Wanger, Lochran W. Traill, Rosie Cooney, Jonathan R. Rhodes et al.
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...
Rosie Cooney
ABSTRACT Using wild animals as food is controversial, but remains a widespread practice globally, and in some places wild meat is fundamental for food security. Hunting wild animals for food is widely unsustainable and in many places is driving alarming declines, particularly of large mammals. In ge...