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Five strategies must be applied to save the Javan rhino from the brink of extinction.
The Sumatran rhino’s isolated population and unique behaviour present challenges for conservation.
Helicoptering heavy herbivores across Africa is no laughing matter.
By unlocking the full potential of rhino ovaries, we hope to produce enough eggs to revive the northern white rhino in the wild.
The world mourns the loss of Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino. Can anything stop the slide of the species towards extinction?
Our findings suggest that the demand for rhino horn is unlikely to fall because people’s beliefs are firmly entrenched.
The loss of the Siberian unicorn shows just how vulnerable some animals can be to environmental change that can impact on their food supply.
Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Saving the rhino means tackling demand for its horn.
Would you pay to see rhinos in Australia’s savannas or forests? It’s not as crazy as it sounds – and could help save collapsing rhino populations.
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
If the allegations are true Zimbabwe intends to prosecute Grace Mugabe for ivory and rhino horn smuggling.
Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
Poaching is changing focus by moving from the Kruger National Park to other provinces and reserves.
Local and indigenous communities remain mostly excluded from real benefits, and conservation often comes at a huge cost to them.
Military style anti-poaching is often criticised because it alienates communities living around protected areas. But these initiatives give them an incentive to protect the species.
The first online rhino auction in South Africa wasn’t a success. This has done very little to help rhinos. It may, in fact, encourage more poaching as demand has not slowed down.
The rhino horn auction in South Africa is a serious setback in the fight against poaching and the survival of wild rhinos. The chances of the horns remaining in the country are next to zero.
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is bearing the brunt of renewed rhino poaching efforts. This is a result of increased security and anti-poaching in the Kruger National Park.
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics, University of Kent
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Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Policy Coordinator, Lion Program, Panthera, University of Pretoria
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PhD Fellow, University of Copenhagen
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Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
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Wildlife and Ecology Researcher, Universitas Indonesia
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
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Matthew Flinders Professor of Global Ecology and Models Theme Leader for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Flinders University
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ARC Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Ecology, University of Aberdeen
