Yes, 2020 was awful. But I am optimistic that 2021 will see our lives and work eventually return to normal. Then again, who dares make predictions? Still, let’s focus on the future and new opportunities for conservation on all continents.READ MORE
The Conservation Frontlines Foundation and the University of Montana have entered into a welcome collaboration that will broaden our impact on ethical, sustainable and science-based wildlife conservation. READ MORE
Hunters should not repudiate the concept of animal rights, which has at least 2,000 years of history, or demonize its proponents. Both groups have things to learn from each other.READ MORE
Conservation is a global challenge and battle. Movements against climate change, plastic pollution and deforestation are on the rise. So too are ground-breaking research and futuristic interventions. And yet the natural world is still burning. Nowhere is this more evident than in Africa, and this is why.READ MORE
As more and more conspiracy theories dominate popular discourse on subjects ranging from conservation to COVID-19, a writer-naturalist explores some of the reasons why we frequently favor wild theories over solid facts.READ MORE
Trophy hunting has become a divisive topic, but calls for an outright ban risk undermining the substantial contributions that well-managed hunting can make to conservation. So-called “smart bans”—which selectively target operators or even countries that fail to ensure hunting delivers meaningful conservation outcomes and benefits to rural communities—could help clean up an industry plagued by corruption and bad practices.READ MORE
The need to make conservation more inclusive while strengthening the field sports through activism—a conservation scientist’s viewpoint.READ MORE
Hybrid animals that combine the best of their parents’ traits, mules are magnificent, useful creatures that support conservation in unique ways.READ MORE
A professional hunter notes that the current pandemic harbors immense threats for wildlife and wild lands in Africa, and for those businesses with nature at their core. Are we able to seize the opportunities arising in the wake of COVID-19, to safeguard the remaining pockets of wild Africa and create a new understanding for conservationist hunting?READ MORE
The death of Peter Hill Beard challenges us to take a closer look at why thousands of elephants died of hunger and stress-induced diseases in Kenya’s Tsavo catastrophe, in 1971, and to think of what may happen now with Southern Africa’s exploding elephant populations. READ MORE