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Adaptive certification is the best remaining option for the trophy hunting industry in Africa to demonstrate sustainable and ethical hunting practices that benefit local communities and wildlife conservation.

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Fig. 1: Schematic overview of adaptive trophy hunting certification.

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T.C.W. was funded by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. L.W.T. was supported by a Carnegie Corporation of New York Fellowship through the Global Change and Sustainability Research Institute, University of the Witwatersrand (grant B8749.R01). T.T. was supported by the DFG-CRC 990 EFForTS and the BMBF project Limpopo Living Landscapes. T.C.W. thanks M. Fortin-McCuaig for initial discussions on the topic.

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    1. Agroecology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

      Thomas C. Wanger & Teja Tscharntke

    2. Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

      Thomas C. Wanger

    3. School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

      Lochran W. Traill

    4. School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

      Lochran W. Traill

    5. Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

      Rosie Cooney

    6. IUCN CEESP/SSC Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

      Rosie Cooney

    7. ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

      Jonathan R. Rhodes

    8. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

      Jonathan R. Rhodes

    9. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

      Jonathan R. Rhodes

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    Wanger, T.C., Traill, L.W., Cooney, R. et al. Trophy hunting certification. Nat Ecol Evol 1, 1791–1793 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0387-0

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