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📽️Our festive film series showcases @UniofOxfordpolicy-research collabs Day 1 : find out Find out how Madeleine Sumption, Director of @MigObsworked with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to help understand migration patterns within the UK (filmed 2022) #MigrantsDay Full version - youtu.be/yjtRU34b-Oo?si…

An excellent article from Dan Challender This govt is as confused and tied up over the trophy hunting bans pushed to them by campaigning groups as the last one. politicshome.com/members/articl…

In this article, Dan Challender provides some clear thinking on the issues of animal welfare and nature conservation as they apply to trophy hunting. 1/ politicshome.com/members/articl…

Framing trophy hunting as an animal welfare issue confuses welfare with conservation, creating contradictions for UK wildlife management, writes Dr Dan Challender, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, for Resource Africa. #PartnerContent bit.ly/40wMCJ9

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Its a hard job making policy, but a good rule is to avoid populism and make difficult decisions - that could apply when making perceived postive decisons #freethebeaver and perceived negative #stoptheban Defra Chief Scientist Defra UK Steve Reed MP

As CITES turns 50, a new study in Frontiers - Ecology & Evolution reveals that the global wildlife trade agreement is failing to curb illegal extraction and trafficking. Researchers instead propose a new framework exploring institutionally diverse conservation models⬇️ bit.ly/4hmla72

🦁🌍Dan Challender, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes and EJ Milner-Gulland from our Wildlife Trade programme have found that CITES is not deterring widespread illegal activities in wildlife trade systems across the world. Find out why: s.mtrbio.com/ipkpjnernr

CITES IUCN Red List Consult the studies: - Disproportionate regulation of wildlife trade ▶️ biorxiv.org/content/10.110… - Evaluating key evidence & formulating regulatory alternatives regarding UK's Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill ▶️ conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs…

Important read for CITES #SC78 and the upcoming CoP20. Let's not do the same things over again and expect different results. Instead, we must reflect, learn and change for a better tomorrow. Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes Dan Challender - good work! theconversation.com/the-world-wild…

Privileged to be part of a session at CITES #SC78 on engaging local communities in CITES processes at the national and international level to facilitate sustainable, legal, and beneficial trade. www0.sun.ac.za/awei/events/20… #WildlifeEconomy

'Local people with a sense of ownership of wildlife are more likely to help protect it rather than overexploit it.' Read more from Dr Dan Challender and Dr Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes ⬇️

A strong rebuttal from WWF to the frankly shameful piece of "journalism" via The Guardian and Adam Cruise. Well done WWF for standing up to this kind of nonsense wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?1350…

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New research: Is CITES evolving into a trade prohibition regime rather than a regulator for sustainable and legal trade? bit.ly/TheCITESGame #CITES #WildlifeEconomy #WildlifeTrade #Megafauna #SustainableTrade #AfricanWildlife #EnvironmentalPolicy #WildlifeGovernance

Applications are now OPEN for the Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade from University of Oxford. This course aimed at equipping practitioners, researchers and policymakers in West Africa with the tools to take their work to the next level. Apply here tinyurl.com/t2pdpsx5

NEW: Wildlife experts say reforms are needed now to avoid irreversible damage to global wildlife treaties. Countries threatening to leave CITES over ivory & rhino horn trade echo Japan's International Whale Commission exit in 2019. Read more: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/polarised…

In a crowded field of "celebrities talking nonsense" this piece by Chris Tarrant on trophy hunting warrants special mention. So much incorrect here I'm surprised even The Express published it. And here is Chris is his very own trophy photo! Staggering express.co.uk/news/uk/206179…

After years of chipping away, I'm so grateful to share that our research paper on the legality of wildlife trade has been published! 💫✍️🏿🌍 Link: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co… #wildlifeconservation #wildlifeandlaw #published #scholar