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A white rhino in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. Enrico Di Minin

May 30, 2023

Half of Africa’s white rhino population is in private hands – it’s time for a new conservation approach

Hayley Clements, Stellenbosch University; Dave Balfour, Nelson Mandela University, and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki

To what extent should the costs of protecting globally valued rhinos be carried by their local custodians?

In some African countries, lion trophy hunting is legal. Riaan van den Berg

March 2, 2021

Recreational hunting, conservation and livelihoods: no clear evidence trail

Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki; Anna Haukka, University of Helsinki; Anna Hausmann, University of Helsinki; Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki; Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Gonzalo Cortés-Capano, University of Helsinki; Hayley Clements, Stellenbosch University, and Ricardo Correia, University of Helsinki

Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.

Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Shutterstock

June 27, 2019

African countries and the state of their environments: the best and the worst

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki

Our work represents the first assessment of what social and economic factors are connected to environmental degradation across the entire African continent.

Illegal trade in wildlife has now moved onto social media. wk1003mike/Shutterstock

April 23, 2019

How machine learning can help fight illegal wildlife trade on social media

Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki and Christoph Fink, University of Helsinki

Social media offers good conditions for wildlife trafficking to thrive.

Trophy hunting could keep conservation in business. Trophy image from www.shutterstock.com

January 8, 2016

Big game: banning trophy hunting could do more harm than good

Corey J. A. Bradshaw, University of Adelaide and Enrico Di Minin, University of Helsinki

The death of Cecil the lion ignited furious debate over trophy hunting in 2015. But conservationists argue that it’s a necessary evil.

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