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This documentary misses the opportunity to discuss why some local people feel threatened by rhino conservation.
Poaching may have killed more than a third of the world’s Javan rhino in five years.
To what extent should the costs of protecting globally valued rhinos be carried by their local custodians?
Global conservation efforts have suffered during the COVID-19 outbreak. It’s sadly ironic, because avoiding habitat loss is a cost-effective way to prevent pandemics.
Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
Poaching is changing focus by moving from the Kruger National Park to other provinces and reserves.
Policymakers need to proceed with caution when it comes to legalising rhino horn as it could be a high risk strategy.
The military is not tactically trained for community protection and crime fighting and South Africa should not deploy soldiers in urban communities.
Local and indigenous communities remain mostly excluded from real benefits, and conservation often comes at a huge cost to them.
Military style anti-poaching is often criticised because it alienates communities living around protected areas. But these initiatives give them an incentive to protect the species.
The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn’t a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.
The rhino horn auction in South Africa is a serious setback in the fight against poaching and the survival of wild rhinos. The chances of the horns remaining in the country are next to zero.
Protecting rhinos and fighting terrorism are both noble causes, but there isn’t much evidence of a link between the two.
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is bearing the brunt of renewed rhino poaching efforts. This is a result of increased security and anti-poaching in the Kruger National Park.
Organised crime always looks for new ways to make money. And zoo animals are an easy target.
Swaziland hoped to be allowed to legally trade rhino horns but the idea was rejected by vote at the CITES conference.
Military responses to combat poaching are a problem. They marginalise communities where poachers come from and can have longer term implications.
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Research Associate, Department of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand; Chief Research Officer, Good Governance Africa; Managing Director, Harvey Economics Pty Ltd.
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University Research Fellow, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary lecturer at the Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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Professor in Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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