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Spotty data: managing international leopard (Panthera pardus) trophy hunting quotas amidst uncertainty

Abstract:: Leopard (Panthera pardus) conservation has a strong international dimension. Hunting trophy export quotas established for African range states under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) are a case in point. We test these quotas, and the methods for their establishment, against the benchmark of the general principles of precaution, sustainable use and adaptive management. The various national approaches and the CITES regime condoning them largely fail this test. For decades, CITES bodies have endorsed apparently arbitrary quotas lacking robust scientific bases, without regular adjustment. Thus, the quotas have been inadequately performing their assigned function within the Convention’s framework. The way in which the CITES leopard quota regime has been operating is fundamentally at odds with the principles of sustainable use, precaution and adaptive management. To remedy this, we offer recommendations on how to embed a science-based, sustainable, precautionary and adaptive approach to quota-setting within the CITES system.

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Trouwborst, A., Loveridge, A., & Macdonald, D. (2019). Spotty data: managing international leopard (Panthera pardus) trophy hunting quotas amidst uncertainty. Journal of Environmental Law, 32(2), 253–278.

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Trouwborst, A., et al. “Spotty Data: Managing International Leopard (Panthera Pardus) Trophy Hunting Quotas amidst Uncertainty.” Journal of Environmental Law, vol. 32, no. 2, Oxford University Press , 2019, pp. 253–78.

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Trouwborst, A, A Loveridge, and D Macdonald. 2019. “Spotty Data: Managing International Leopard (Panthera Pardus) Trophy Hunting Quotas amidst Uncertainty.” Journal of Environmental Law 32 (2): 253–78.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Zoology
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0003-0607-9373

Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Journal:: Journal of Environmental Law More from this journal
Volume:: 32
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 253–278
Publication date:: 2019-12-12
Acceptance date:: 2019-10-23
DOI:: 10.1093/jel/eqz032
ISSN:: 0952-8873

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Deposit date:: 2020-01-29

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Copyright date:: 2019
Rights statement:: © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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