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July 1, 2020 In Editorial, Featured, July 2020-Volume 2-3 By Natasha Illum Berg

Will We Conquer the Virus of Fear and Inertia, One Fine Day?

By Natasha Illum Berg

READ TIME 8 MINS

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

July 1, 2020 In July 2020-Volume 2-3, Regional News By CFL Staff

Select Study: To Conserve Tigers and Prey in the Russian Far East

By CFL Staff

READ TIME 14 MINS

Conservation Frontlines introduces its first Select Study—a challenging American-Russian research project in support of predators, prey and rural communities in the remote wilderness of the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve. The results will advance wildlife analysis across the world, especially in an era of climate change.READ MORE

July 1, 2020 In July 2020-Volume 2-3, Regional News By T.A. Opre

Saving Wildlife—and People—One Snare at a Time

By T.A. Opre

READ TIME 20 MINS

Three years ago, a filmmaker set out to document the attempt to restore a neglected Zambian game reserve and its people. Then he was drawn personally into this holistic approach to conservation, a combination of agriculture and aquaculture, micro-capitalism, female empowerment, primary education, wildlife biology, policing and sustainable hunting, all fueled by creativity, perseverance, generosity, teamwork and one family’s investment. READ MORE

July 1, 2020 In July 2020-Volume 2-3, Regional News, Rural Communities & Livelihoods By Gail C. Thomson (formerly Potgieter)

How Many Leopards are in Namibia? Understanding the science, countering the critics

By Gail C. Thomson (formerly Potgieter)

READ TIME 9 MINS

Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan completed a national leopard study in March 2019 after 18 months of collating and analyzing data from all over Namibia. This study was treated with extreme prejudice on social media even before it began, and detractors continue to question it now that her report is published. Are these criticisms valid? Is there any evidence that this study tried to overestimate leopard numbers or otherwise misrepresent the results to appease the hunting industry? READ MORE