The argument that such a bill would reduce pressure on many threatened species subject to legal hunting for trophies is unfounded.

A more proportionate policy would be a smart ban, that is, exceptions would be made in circumstances where trophy hunting benefits species, hunting revenue is shared with local people, adaptive management and monitoring are in place, and the hunting area has good governance.

The article is open access and available here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cs… w. Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes Amy Dickman 🦁 @amydickman.bsky.social Prof Adam Hart 🦏 @thewildhoff dilys roe University of Oxford Oxford Martin School Oxford Biology MPLSOxford ICCS Wildlife Trade Zimparks IIED

Should be of interest to Steve Reed Defra UK JNCC CITES IUCN Species Survival Commission Ivonne Higuero CIC FACE hsiukorg Born Free Foundation FOUR PAWS UK Henry Smith 🇬🇧 dominic dyer Chris Packham Ricky Gervais @ClaireHSI Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting Eduardo Goncalves Prof. Sian Sullivan ☮️ 🕊️ 🌱

Really important thread by Dan Challender. Trophy hunting bans are often driven by stated #conservation concerns, so examining the evidence is vital. TH not a major threat to any species (& can have benefits), so import bans are unjustified & disproportionate re #conservation

🐘🌍 Our Wildlife Trade researchers have found proposed UK #trophyhunting legislation could actually harm the species it intends to protect. Most hunting trophies imported are from countries where hunted species populations were stable. Read more: i.mtr.cool/fddsqdlhtt

NEW: An Oxford-led study concludes that the proposed UK Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill could cause more harm than good for the species it is intended to protect. Read more from Oxford Martin School and Oxford Biology ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2024-09-1…

Great video here summarising the key points from our new paper on proposed #trophy #hunting import bans - the evidence shows that such trophy hunting bans are disproportionate, unlikely to help #conservation and in fact risk harms to people & conservation

Nice to see a good news #conservation story, and in one of my favourite places in the UK! theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

Poor, pathetic, incompetent little Ofwat has released its annual appraisal of WC's performance, as you'd expect it's grim. Major pollution incidents up, customer satisfaction down, sewer flooding up, drinking water quality down, leakage up and on and on. Another annual litany

Herd of tauros to be released into Highlands to recreate aurochs effect theguardian.com/environment/20…

ITV Tour de France coverage in doubt after Warner Bros. Discovery signs exclusivity deal trib.al/mIisLzS

A lack of free-to-air Tour de France coverage could be the death knell for UK cycling trib.al/1X7PLnb

Kamala Harris talks to Kamala Harris

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Petition: Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

Water bills to rise 20% (£86) plus inflation in April and then above inflation for the next four years. Ofwat gives private water companies in England the go-ahead to make customers pay for the investment they have failed to do for 30 years while enriching shareholders and

As horrific fires rage in LA, news that world has breached 1.5 degrees global heating. Failure to join the dots & take urgent action is devastating legacy of too many political leaders. How many more cities must burn before we end new fossil fuel drilling? theguardian.com/environment/20…

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

This group of people, and their predecessors, have shaped cycling in the UK for decades. Take a bow: Ned Boulting David Millar Daniel Friebe Gary Imlach Matt Rendell Pete Kennaugh Alex Dowsett Jacobo Guarnieri + anyone I've missed, the production team and everyone behind the