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Trading rhino horn has been legalised in a bid to undercut poachers and the black market.
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
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.
Policymakers need to proceed with caution when it comes to legalising rhino horn as it could be a high risk strategy.
The military is not tactically trained for community protection and crime fighting and South Africa should not deploy soldiers in urban communities.
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.
Protecting rhinos and fighting terrorism are both noble causes, but there isn’t much evidence of a link between the two.
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.
Organised crime always looks for new ways to make money. And zoo animals are an easy target.
Swaziland hoped to be allowed to legally trade rhino horns but the idea was rejected by vote at the CITES conference.
Military responses to combat poaching are a problem. They marginalise communities where poachers come from and can have longer term implications.
The focus of CITES is not solely on the protection of species. It also promotes controlled trade that is not detrimental to the sustainability of wild species.
Initiatives to curb rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park has shown improvement compared to last year. But poaching in other parks has increased.
Rhino horn trade is a hotly contested topic. Proponents believe it can aid conservation efforts. But those in opposition believe it will cause poaching to increase.
A few national parks and reserves want to dehorn rhinos and there is a lobby for a regulated and closely monitored legal trade in rhino horn. But this is met by opposition from many.
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Management, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Geography, Environmental Management and Energy Studies, University of Johannesburg; Research Associate, Stellenbosch University; Professor of Sociology of Development and Change, Wageningen University
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Professor in Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Geography, York University, Canada
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Professor and Chair, Southwestern Environmental Science and Policy, Northern Arizona University
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PhD Candidate in Conservation Biology, The University of Queensland
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PhD Researcher on Green Surveillance Technologies, University of Sheffield
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