Is Wildlife Crime a Security Threat?

Explore the global shift in policies tackling illegal wildlife trade through this insightful lecture by Professor Rosaleen Duffy. Examine the turn towards security-oriented approaches in response to increased poaching since 2008, including enhanced law enforcement, militarization, surveillance, and intelligence gathering. Discover how the urgency to save iconic species from extinction has been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to significant funding from donors, governments, philanthropists, and corporations. Learn about the complex ways conservation and security are shaping each other, involving new entrants such as private military companies, intelligence services, risk analysts, and technology developers. Gain valuable insights from Professor Duffy's extensive research as a political ecologist, drawing from her work on the BIOSEC Project and the Beastly Business Project, which focus on wildlife crime, security, and green collar crime in the illegal trade of European wildlife.