Rosie Cooney

Rosie Cooney is chair of the IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy(CEESP)/Species Survival Commission (SSC) Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group

Insights

Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

RIP Cecil the lion – what will be his legacy? And who should decide?

Insight, 31 July 2015

Publications

Wild Life, Wild Livelihoods: Involving Communities on Sustainable Wildlife Management and Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade

14 February 2018

First line of defence: engaging communities in tackling wildlife crime

01 March 2017

The baby and the bathwater: trophy hunting, conservation and rural livelihoods

01 March 2017

From Poachers to Protectors: Engaging Local Communities in Solutions to Illegal Wildlife Trade

01 September 2016

Developing a theory of change for a community-based response to illegal wildlife trade

01 July 2016

Engaging communities to combat illegal wildlife trade: a theory of change

01 February 2016

Supplementary material: assumptions supporting an evolving theory of change for engaging communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade

01 February 2016

Engaging local communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade. Can a ‘theory of change’ help?

01 August 2015

The trade in wildlife: a framework to improve biodiversity and livelihood outcomes

01 May 2015

Beyond enforcement: engaging communities in tackling wildlife crime

01 April 2015

The elephant in the room: sustainable use in the illegal wildlife trade debate

01 February 2014