South Africa's conservation model: Why expanding the use of biodiversity to generate money is a good idea
South Africa's government is calling for public comments on an updated version of its existing biodiversity economy plan.
South Africa's government is calling for public comments on an updated version of its existing biodiversity economy plan.
Ecology
Apr 6, 2024
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New research mapping long-term international trends in trophy fishing has found declines in records for threatened species, adding to a growing body of evidence that these types of fish and sharks are becoming increasingly ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2024
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Trophy hunting is contentious. It typically involves paying for and pursuing a specific wild animal, often a large or iconic species, with the goal of killing it to obtain a trophy, such as the animal's head, horns, or hide.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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Wildlife conservation efforts could suffer because toxic online rows about trophy hunting are becoming increasingly abusive, ecologists have warned.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2023
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Raising the minimum age threshold for trophy hunted male lions to eight years to account for errors in aging estimates by professional hunters could increase hunting sustainability, suggests a modeling study published in ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2023
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Designated protected areas for wildlife—such as national parks—are the world's principal conservation strategy. But this model to conserve wildlife in Africa is increasingly coming under pressure. Changing climates, volatile ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2022
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A new study by University of Alberta researchers shows a link between horn size and female reproductive fitness in bighorn sheep—a potential conservation issue that may stem from trophy hunting of male bighorn sheep with ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 22, 2022
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Do you have any desire to stalk and kill an elephant? Probably not, but some relish the idea.
Other
Feb 4, 2022
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In a broad-scale study recently published in Fisheries Research, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst quantified the emotional and behavioral responses to shark depredation in recreational fisheries. The ...
Ecology
Nov 26, 2021
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If you ask your teens to do their homework they'll find a thousand other things to do. But put them in front of a video game, and they'll focus on it for hours. How exactly do game designers create this kind of engagement? ...
Education
May 31, 2021
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