Guns, snares and bulldozers: new map reveals hotspots for harm to wildlife
- Written by James Allan, Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland
Human activity threatens many species across Africa’s savannahs.Paul Mulondo/WCS, Author provided
The biggest killers of wildlife globally are unsustainable hunting and harvesting, and the conversion of huge swathes of natural habitat into farms, housing estates, roads and other industrial activities. There is little doubt that these threats...
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