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April 2008 newsletter

Editorial: Robin Sharp on what to expect in this issue.

Chair’s message: Jon Hutton reviews recent events of importance for sustainable use.

Main items

On course for Barcelona? Valuable news and advice ahead of IUCN’s 4th World Conservation Congress from Robin Sharp

Elephant culling: South Africa’s new elephant management regulations include the option for lethal removal. Gerhard Damm gages reactions.

Added value: Scott Brainerd and Robert Kenward reinforce the importance of the European Charter on Hunting an Biodiversity, recently adopted by the COP to the Bern Convention.

Recreational sea angling: how sea angling provides a lifeline’ to coastal communities. Reproduced from the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association website.

From trash to treasure: A garbage dump in Eilat, Israel, is being transformed into a bird sanctuary for migratory birds. By Rueven Yosef.

Book reviews

People, Parks and Poverty: Political Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation by Bill Adams and Jon Hutton. Reviewed by Dilys Roe.

Mary Losvik reviews Malcolm Ausden’s habitat management and conservation handbook.

David Erickson on a new TRAFFIC report on the European Union’s import policies for hunting trophies.

Frank Vorhies comments on a recent Ecological Economics, article on the economics of wildlife farming and endangered species conservation.

Shorter items

Sustainable Tourism Baseline Criteria Initiative (STBCI).

Biosphere Ethics Project (BEP).

Vilm Process: Steering Group linking Poverty & Conservation.

Sustainable Use at the CBD Conference of the Parties, Bonn 19-30 May 2008.

Also at the Bonn CoP – Biodiversity for Poverty Reduction Day.