Poaching
Wildlife farms may stifle rise in organised crime poaching
IPN Opinion article
Bans on wildlife trade are counterproductive and contribute to organised crime. It's time for a re-think.
Save The Tiger: Sell It
IPN Opinion article
The Sustainable Development Network, an international coalition of think tanks and NGOs, argues that trade in certified farmed tiger parts could meet existing and future demand, thereby reducing pressure on wild tigers.
An artificial ivory scarcity
IPN Opinion article
Sir, Although some conservation groups and Kenya\'s government say that legal trade in ivory encourages poaching (\"Ban on ivory trade lifted\", November 13), it is actually the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) that has done so. Cites\' prohibition of ivory sales has discouraged elephant conservation because it drives up the price of ivory, so encouraging poaching.
Legitimate Ivory Trade A Benefit, Not a Threat, to Elephants
IPN Opinion article
Sir: The Environmental Investigation Agency\'s desire to maintain the ban on ivory trade (\"Far Eastern Demand for ivory fuels boom in poaching\", 29 October), does not reflect the concerns of poor Africans, who bear the brunt of damage caused by marauding elephants that destroy crops and trample humans, but receive few of the benefits resulting from their conservation. Nor does it reflect the concerns of a growing number of conservationists who see a resumption of legal trade in ivory as a benefit not a threat to elephants.
Ivory and Eco-Imperialists
IPN Opinion article
In Kenya, it is the poor who bear the brunt of elephant-related damage, while receiving few of the benefits of their conservation. Each year marauding elephants destroy crops and trample humans. Kenyans living near national parks face constant fear but have little control over management of their own natural resources.
Some \"conservationists\" have gone so far as to describe the local people as a danger to wildlife. But the real danger to African wildlife stems from government intervention, not local people.
