To secure protected areas from wildlife trafficking, criminal networks must be dismantled (commentary)

Conservation news · Aug 20, 2026

Conservation has historically emphasized protected area management including protecting land, fencing, local enforcement and rangers’ patrols within parks. And indeed, decades of protected area management have demonstrated that strong local protection matters enormously. But there is a weakness in this logic that we rarely confront directly. Protected areas can suppress poaching within their boundaries and […]