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What these numbers document is not conservation under pressure, but extraction at scale. They expose trophy hunting not as a people-centred conservation model, but as a market-driven industry serving a narrow, global elite.

Illustrative Image: Rhino silhouette. | Huning rifle sight. (Image: Freepik) | (By Daniella Lee Min...


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It’s time to set the record straight.

Antagonistic narratives surrounding the commercial use of wildlife have seen a significant upswing in recent months with renewed vigour given to the dated notion of “if it pays, it stays”. But there’s a major omission: any vestige of a solid, evidence-based supporting argument rooted in rigorous scientific processes.

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As the dust settles on the latest UN climate summit in Belém, one thing is now unavoidable: the world is not on track to limit warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Analyses of the COP30 outcome and the UN’s latest synthesis of national climate pledges all point in the same direction — current efforts fall well short of the Paris goal.

In this hotter, harsher w...


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If you wanted a masterclass in how to turn a conservation success story into a global controversy, Botswana has just written the syllabus. The government’s draft 2026 quota – authorising a record 430 elephant trophy hun...


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Cape Town — When Dr Mike Chase banks the small survey plane over northern Botswana’s mopane woodlands, he can see the country’s wildlife story written in the dust below. Carcasses — some months old, others more recent — lie scattered along ancient elephant paths, mute evidence of drought, hunting and poaching. Farther ahead, the shadows of living elephants str...


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