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MP’s lead the House astray with sentimentality because elephants are large, visually striking animals that capture the public’s imagination and evoke strong emotional responses. You can read the full article on the Country Squire web site.
By Jim Beers I have just listened to a 1-minute news summary of a recent panel discussion in Germany by Dr. David Scallan the Secretary General of Face, i.e. the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation. The Panel included Torbjorn Larsson, The President of FACE, and Dr. Scallan, and the subject was “the latest Proposal”… Continue reading Smoke, Mirrors & Flim-Flam re: Wolves in Europe
2nd February 2024, Jim Lovgren — In a scientific report released in December 2023 by Associate Professor Grace Saba, and Professor Josh Kohut using underwater robots, called “Gliders” to track ocean water quality, specifically, oxygen concentrations and PH levels, the researchers discovered that large areas of the New York Bight suffered a hypoxic event last summer.… Continue reading New Rutgers Study Confirms Hypoxic Event Last Summer off the New Jersey Coast
Late last year the two very old elephant bulls were hunted separately in hunting blocks, 24 and 36 kilometres from Tanzania’s border with the neighbouring Amboseli National Park in Kenya. This raises many questions, such as: “If they [elephants and other wildlife] are in Tanzania they belong to Tanzania, there’s no mechanism anywhere as far… Continue reading Is Kenya a Threat to Tanzania’s International Hunting Industry?
IWMC is pleased to be allowed to publish Dr. Nikolas Sellheim’s review of an exciting new book by Dr. Tanya Wyatt that lifts the lid on how CITES really works. The conclusions of the book and the reviewer (which differ) are controversial, but the research is solid and their competing views on its meaning cannot… Continue reading Is CITES protecting wildlife?
The five-year ban on the import of African elephant hunting trophies into the U.S. has not saved a single elephant. Instead, it created dangerous feelings among affected African hunting communities…
An Explanatory Report for Ellie Goodchild Dear Ms. Goodchild, I must thank you for your openness and honest desire to properly resolve this important issue. In order to give you some professional insight into this matter, from the point of view of managing wildlife in Africa, I would like to explain a few facts to… Continue reading DEFRA, the British Parliament & the Banning of Hunting Trophies to the UK Campaign
Eugene Lapointe accuses the EU of ignoring diplomatic protocol and resorting to cultural imperialism. He says it is exploiting the International Whaling Commission to force the Faroe Islands to abandon hunting cetaceans. But the Faroese islanders respect UN sustainability goals and are compliant with regional treaties that govern the responsible harvesting of whales. An extraordinarily undiplomatic… Continue reading In Defence of the Grind in Defiance of the EU
COP26 was the most hyped and hypocritical gathering ever of the political, business and NGO elites. Even Greta Thunberg’s fearmongering was eclipsed. UK prime minister Boris Johnson said it was ‘a one minute to midnight moment’ before a ‘detonation ended human life as we know it’. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury said world leaders would be… Continue reading What we learned from COP26
By Dr. Nikolas Sellheim Introduction In a forthcoming peer-reviewed study in the Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (RECIEL) entitled “Indigenous youth and international conservation law: Five case studies”, myself and Otava Ojanperä (University of Helsinki) examine five agreements and in how far they consider indigenous youth as legitimate stakeholders. The study was carried out… Continue reading Our new study shows lack of recognition of indigenous youth in international conservation law
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