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The Origins Foundation PodcastMichael ’t Sas Rolfes || A Non-Hunting Wildlife Economists View on Rhino TradeMichael ’t Sas Rolfes, who has more than three decades of experience in conservation, has recently completed his PhD thesis. His background is as, for lack of a better term, a wildlife economist. Michael joins the Blood Origins podcast to talk about the trade in Rhinos, and even though he’s not a hunter, he understands the game when 8it comes to the ‘value’ of wildlife and sustainable use better than most. Shoutout to our Conservation Club Members!Hunt South Africa with Wettstein Safaris https://www.southafricanhunt.com/...2023-06-061h 24
Wildlife Trade Symposium: Evolving Perspectives on the demand for illegal wildlife productsTheme 2 panel Q and A: Linking supply and demand for wildlife productsPanel discussion looking at theme 2 of the symposium. With Professor David Macdonald, founding Director of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), Hollie Booth, Sharks and Rays Advisor, SE Asia Archipelago, WCS Indonesia, Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes, fellow of the Oxford Martin Programme on Illegal Wildlife Trade, and P Siriwat, Oxford Brookes University2017-11-2826 minWildlife Trade Symposium: Evolving Perspectives on the demand for illegal wildlife productsDown to the bone: South Africa’s lion trade conundrumMichael 't Sas-Rolfes, fellow of the Oxford Martin Programme on Illegal Wildlife Trade, gives a talk for the symposium on his research on South Africa's lion trade. Worldwide, wild populations of large felids are threatened by various factors, including harvesting for illegal wildlife trade. For certain species, such as the African lion, some legal harvesting and trade also takes place. Several African countries allow regulated commercial trophy hunting and South Africa allows the sale and export of lion body parts, notably lion bones, from captive-bred lions. Some believe that these continued commercial activities threaten wild lions, and even other felids...2017-11-2817 min
PERC PodcastsSaving African RhinosIn 1900, the southern white rhinoceros was the most endangered of the five rhinoceros species. Less than 20 rhinos remained in a single reserve in South Africa. By 2010, white rhino numbers had climbed to more than 20,000, making it the most common rhino species on the planet. PERC fellow Michael 't Sas-Rolfes explains how free-markets can actively save the endangered species.2012-08-0838 min