Articles by Gail Thomson

School of Wildlife Conservation students in the field. Photo courtesy of ALU

It’s time to center African people in the conservation agenda (commentary)

by Gail Thomson 24 August 2022

It is quite astonishing that the first ever Africa Protected Areas Congress (APAC) was held in July 2022, given that the first protected areas were established in Africa during the…

School of Wildlife Conservation students in the field. Photo courtesy of ALU

Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans (commentary)

by Dr Malan Lindeque, Gail Thomson, Hilma Angula, Kenneth /Uiseb, Rosalia Iileka 11 February 2022

Proposed legislation to ban the import of hunting trophies (e.g. horns, antlers, tusks) apparently enjoys popular support within the UK, yet the effects of these policies are likely to be…

Elephants in Namibia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler.

Special series

Forest Trackers

Forest Trackers

Oceans

Amazon Conservation

Amazon Conservation

Land rights and extractives

Land rights and extractives

Endangered Environmentalists

Endangered Environmentalists

Indonesia's Forest Guardians

Indonesia's Forest Guardians

Conservation Effectiveness

Conservation Effectiveness

Southeast Asian infrastructure

Southeast Asian infrastructure

you're currently offline