HUNTING FOR CONSERVATION: Hunting is a topic that attracts polarized viewpoints--you're either for or against it. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it's not always so simple

Mention 'hunting' and most of us think of poaching--primarily for ivory and the demands of Chinese medicine--or trophy hunting (see maps overleaf); and the unpalatable image of a triumphant (usually) [...]