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By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways: * Because wildlife is unpriced or underpriced, the market systematically underproduces it. * Subsidies for agriculture, combined with the absence of property rights for wild resources, tilt the playing field against wildlife and produce the wrong outcomes at massive scale. * Sustainability is fundamentally an economic problem.
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Reclaiming a Lost Wilderness offers a compelling look at the critical anti-poaching and conservation efforts in Tanzania's Uvinza Open Area. It features an interview with Taki Lalji, Director of Game Frontiers of Tanzania, who discusses the complex challenges facing the region's wildlife and ecosystems. Lalji explains
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In the remote Northwestern Province of Zambia, professional hunter Fico Vidale manages 1,800 square kilometers of wilderness. His work in the Lunga-Busanga GMA reveals both the promise and the challenges of Zambia's approach to wildlife conservation, in which regulated safari-hunting revenue funds anti-poaching efforts. The area represents
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More Boots on the Ground, but the Bushmeat Trade Thrives By Zig Mackintosh Key Takeaways: * Enforcement alone is not stopping the bushmeat trade, despite increased patrols, arrests, and seizures. * The trade persists because it is driven by strong economic incentives that far outweigh the risks. * Corruption, weak penalties, and systemic