Category Archives: poaching

Ivory Wars

Posted on 30/01/2017 by Marjan

  Joanna Lewis, Assistant Professor, Department of International History at the London School of Economics (LSE) writes: ‘Anyone who believes that China’s recent pledge to ban the ivory trade by the end of 2017 will make a difference to the … Continue reading →

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The bleeding heart of Africa: blood ivory

Posted on 07/11/2016 by Marjan

‘Blood ivory’ – ivory sold to fund militia insurgency and terrorism – is widely debated but often misunderstood as elephant populations in central Africa face obliteration (as opposed to extinction by natural processes) within the next decade if not five … Continue reading →

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The nature of ‘militarization’ (1)

Posted on 03/06/2016 by Marjan

There is a unique strategic conundrum at the heart of the protection of wildlife and the interdiction of illegal wildlife trafficking (IWT): to survive wildlife needs the altruistic engagement of humans to combat the actions of other human beings for … Continue reading →

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Al Shabaab and ivory (2)

Posted on 27/09/2015 by Marjan

By Dr Rosaleen Duffy, Professor of Political Ecology of Development, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London. The Elephant Action League report (which claimed that Al Shabaab was heavily involved in ivory trading – please see previous blog-post) was … Continue reading →

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Al Shabaab and ivory (1)

Posted on 26/09/2015 by Marjan

Ivory does not fund Al Shabaab, so why was that message so readily promoted? By Dr Rosaleen Duffy, Professor of Political Ecology of Development, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London Since 2013 several wildlife conservation organisations have promoted … Continue reading →

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Financing Wildlife Conservation in the 21st Century

Posted on 11/08/2015 by Marjan

This blog considers a major problem facing wildlife conservation, how it might be solved, and how the Marjan Centre is contributing to that solution. The problem is the massive economic asymmetry in wildlife conservation: underfunded conservation organisations paying for expensive, … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Conservation Game Theory

Posted on 04/08/2015 by Marjan

This post considers how board games can be used as enjoyable, interactive educational tools to teach key themes in topics such as wildlife conservation. Board games, war games and online games have been around for some time. While many of … Continue reading →

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Six degrees of impunity

Posted on 21/05/2015 by Marjan

Background: ‘mega-poaching’ relates to ivory and rhino-horn and the Central African Republic (CAR) is the ‘frontline’. Dispatch No.4  from the CAR outlines how text-book ideas of conflict and poaching are thrown ‘out of the window’ and moral relativity is the … Continue reading →

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Bio-security and the illegal wildlife trade (1)

Posted on 02/10/2014 by Marjan

The New Yorker magazine described Nathan Wolfe as ‘the world’s most prominent virus hunter’, and showed how Wolfe spent much of his time in central Africa tracking emerging infectious diseases before they turned into deadly pandemics. Though the article was written … Continue reading →

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The Business Solution To Rhino Conservation

Posted on 04/09/2014 by Marjan

You may assume from the title of this post that it will be arguing for the legalisation of the rhino trade as the only means to protect rhino, but that is not the case. While there are arguments both for … Continue reading →

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