Legal Framework & Policy

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Protection Through Decree: A Flaw in Roosevelt’s Thinking?

By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * We killed almost everything first. Market hunters cut bison from 60 million to a few hundred and slaughtered 25,000 passenger pigeons a day. Modern conservation was built on the wreckage. * The men who saved wildlife misread why it was dying. Roosevelt blamed greedy

VOLUME 77

17 Permits to sell a Springbok and one to sell a Sheep?

By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways * Wild resources are taxed and regulated in ways no farmer would tolerate for livestock. A South African farmer needs 17 permits to sell a springbok and one to sell a sheep. That asymmetry shifts land-use decisions against wildlife. * Wildlife is priceless to society