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Killing the Trade
Strategies To End The Illegal Wildlife Trade And Make Conservation Pay
Richard Milburn(0)
About
The global illegal wildlife trade is estimated by Interpol to be worth $20 billion annually. A combination of poverty and rich-world demand is driving several thousand species towards extinction and the conservation sector has struggled to respond. Killing the Trade shows that with a shift in strategy, that dire situation can be turned on its head. By bringing together lessons from conservation successes and failures and incorporating insights from the commercial sector, the book sets out a workable holistic strategy to address the underlying causes of the illicit trade. Built around the guiding principle – if it pays it stays – the book provides policymakers, NGOs and other stakeholders with an action plan to help bring the multi-billion-dollar trade to an end.
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"Finding ways to change the economic equation of the wildlife trade to make it a regulated sector that provides community income/livelihoods, advances conservation and protects endangered species is a vital objective. But the trade is multi-faceted and complex, requiring the dovetailing of tactical, local, national, international and strategic efforts to reduce demand, gain the active support of l
Keith Sommerville, author of Ivory: Power and Poaching in Africa
"Killing the Trade is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the illegal wildlife trade and how traditional conservation methods have not been up to the complex task of protecting both wildlife and wild spaces. Having worked closely with wildlife rangers, I appreciate the thought and depth that has gone into the discussion of the militarization of rangers, which balances the need for a
Jon Churcher, Resolve Wildlife
"At last, a fresh way to understand the urgency - and opportunity - of ecological sustainability. Just as biodiversity is an intricate system of interrelationships between species, social contexts, politics and climate, conservation itself requires wholly systemic solutions. Richard Milburn's call to action presents a viable and economically sound case for addressing every aspect of vulnerable and
Steven Overman, author of The Conscience Economy: How a Mass Movement for Good Is Great fo