A few years ago I wrote a brief for the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) for their ENACT (Enhancing Africa’s capacity to respond more effectively to transnational organised crime) programme. The brief was about using seizures data to understand the scope and scale of transnational organized crime (TOC). ENACT were interested in whether […]
Using Bayesian Belief Networks to assess how to manage commercial wildlife trade in a complex world
International commercial trade is one of the greatest threats to many wildlife species. The conservation community is often deeply divided on how to manage the trade to ensure the long-term sustainability of these species. Trade strategies range from a ban on all trade, to various forms of regulated trade. The impact a strategy will have […]
