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This is an edited excerpt from a paper titled ‘Impacts of a trophy hunting ban on private land conservation’, written by Parker, K et al and published in the journal Conservation Science and Practice. To read the full paper, visit bit.ly/3DoJZNN.
“Private land conservation areas (PLCAs) have become critical for achieving global conservation goals, but we lack understanding of how and when these areas respond to global pressures and opportunities.
In Southern Africa, where many PLCAs rely on trophy hunting as