Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they do for the intrinsic value of this charismatic species, according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE.
The team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge found that local attitudes towards the snow leopard were strongly linked to local views on the conservation methods used to protect them.
New research has found that controlled trophy hunting of lions can actually help conserve the species, but only in areas where hunting companies are given long-term land management rights.
Shrinking habitat, increased conflict projected in regions critical to survival of threatened apex predators.
Trophy hunting shouldn’t be banned, but instead it should be better regulated to ensure funds generated from permits are invested back into local conservation efforts, according to new research.
A free online resource, launched today (1 October), will help conservation organisations share expertise and tools, aiding them in addressing some of the planet’s most challenging conservation issues.
A graduate of Cambridge’s fledgling MPhil in Conservation Leadership returned last month to speak to current students about his vital work to protect the Amazon rainforest.
A new study published in Conservation Letters aims to measure whether parks and reserves in the tropics succeed in protecting forests.
Joy Juma, from Kenya, is among the first early-career conservation practitioners to take an innovative Masters programme at the University of Cambridge.
Efforts to protect the wild tiger should be intensively focused on a few key sites if conservationists are to have any chance of saving it from extinction, a new study says.
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