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The latest edition of Conservation Letters is now out. Click here for full access (yes, all articles are still free!).
Papers in this issue:
No matter most people’s best intentions, poaching of species in Sub-Saharan Africa for horn and ivory continues unabated. Despite decades of policies, restrictions, interventions, protections, and incentives, many species of elephant and rhino are still hurtling toward extinction primarily because of poaching. Clearly, we’re doing something heinously wrong. Collectively, we have to take a long, […]
Following my annual tradition, I present the retrospective list of the ‘top’ 20 influential papers of 2021 as assessed by experts in Faculty Opinions (formerly known as F1000). These are in no particular order. See previous years’ lists here: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013. Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change — “… confirms what the […]
The logic of money contradicts the logic of species conservation and human health. As illegal trade has driven pangolins to near extinction, their hunting and market value has kept increasing ― even when we have known that they act as coronavirus reservoirs in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. Urbanites are attracted to exotic species, […]
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