Our Wild World

Today’s conversation spans across the past several months pointing ways forward. It appears that since S. Africa lifted the moratorium rhino horn trade, the deadly attacks on wild rhino has continued. In just the past few weeks 23 were slaughtered, 9 of those in a single incident in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi National Park. This forcefully underscores the immediate need to fill the gaps, and create concrete plans, transnational policy and actionable strategies that encompass a multitude of dimensions. In globalized world this sustained assault on Earth’s resources, people, and wildlife requires we start digging much deeper into what drives the human dimension, because, after all, if it weren’t for people, we wouldn’t need conservation. Conservation 2.0 requires we include all layers of society- from technology and military to the social scientists, historians and psychologists, providing connectivity between human- animal and environmental relationships.