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The European bison is back from the edge of extinction, and Białowieża has the continent’s largest population. Michał Żmihorski

December 15, 2021

Poland’s border wall will cut Europe’s oldest forest in half

Katarzyna Nowak, University of Warsaw; Bogdan Jaroszewicz, University of Warsaw, and Michał Żmihorski, Polish Academy of Sciences

A barrier built to stop human migrants will instead cut off animals and scientific cooperation.

Majete Wildlife Reserve, Malawi. Jason I. Ransom

January 7, 2020

Diversifying approaches to conserving nature

Mucha Mkono, The University of Queensland; Jason I. Ransom, National Park Service; Katarzyna Nowak, University of the Free State, and Patrick O. Onyango, Maseno University

Building connections and grassroots efforts will sustain conservation over the long term.

Beehive fences can help improve human-elephant coexistence. Shutterstock

August 21, 2018

Beehive fences and elephants: Tanzanian case study offers fresh insights

Katarzyna Nowak, University of the Free State

There is indeed merit to using beehives to keep elephants from eating and destroying crops.

Conservationists are at loggerheads about how to save elephants from poaching. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

May 21, 2018

How to break the impasse between opposing camps in ivory trade debate

Katarzyna Nowak, Durham University; Benezeth Mutayoba, Sokoine University of Agriculture; Dr Ross Harvey, South African Institute of International Affairs, and Phyllis Lee, University of Stirling

Improving livelihoods by exploring alternatives to wildlife trade would help to curb the poaching of threatened species like elephants.

After China, which way will Hong Kong turn? Vincent Yu

January 23, 2014

Stockpiling seized ivory lends it undeserved legitimacy

Katarzyna Nowak, Durham University

Hong Kong’s Endangered Species Advisory Committee meets today to decide whether to follow China’s lead and destroy its own (33-tonne) stockpile of contraband ivory. This is welcome news, but the destruction…

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