Wildlife Use & Trade

Here are some academic publications that represent the breadth of our work. For a more complete list of publications, please see individual researchers’ profiles.

Bessone, M., Ingram, D.J., Abernethy, K. et al. Increase in wild animal consumption across Central Africa. Nature 653, 1092–1098 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10422-w

Challender, D. W. S., Brockington, D., Hoffmann, M., Kolby, J. E., Massé, F., Natusch, D. J. D., Oldfield, T. E. E., Outhwaite, W., Sas-Rolfes, M., Conde, D., & Milner-Gulland, E. J. Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes. Conservation Letters. 2022; 15:e12832. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12832

Challender DWS, ’t Sas-Rolfes M, Broad S and Milner-Gulland EJ (2025) A theory of change to improve conservation outcomes through CITES. Front. Ecol. Evol. 13:1425267. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2025.1425267

Challender, D. W. S., ‘t Sas-Rolfes, M., Dickman, A., Hare, D., Hart, A. G., Hoffmann, M., Mallon, D., Mandisodza-Chikerema, R. L., & Roe, D. (2024). Evaluating key evidence and formulating regulatory alternatives regarding the UK’s Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill. Conservation Science and Practice, 6(10), e13220. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13220

Hinsley, A., Challender, D.W.S., Masters, S. et al. Early warning of trends in commercial wildlife trade through novel machine-learning analysis of patent filing. Nat Commun 15, 6379 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49688-x

McNamara J, Robinson EJZ, Abernethy K, Midoko Iponga D, Sackey HNK, Wright JH, Milner-Gulland EJ. COVID-19, Systemic Crisis, and Possible Implications for the Wild Meat Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa. Environ Resour Econ (Dordr). 2020; doi: 10.1007/s10640-020-00474-5

Wright, J.H., Hill, N.A.O., Roe, D., Rowcliffe, J.M., Kümpel, N.F., Day, M., Booker, F. and Milner-Gulland, E.J. (2016), Reframing the concept of alternative livelihoods. Conservation Biology, 30: 7-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12607