A $20 Bn per year illegal wildlife trade is driving thousands of species towards extinction.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Killing the Trade provides a workable strategy to scale up existing conservation efforts and bring the trade to an end.
Centred around the principle of ‘If it pays it stays’, the book shows how to turn conservation from a cost to an opportunity.
By mobilising impact capital behind commercial ‘Conserprenuer’ solutions, the book sets how we can address the root causes driving the trade, delivering conservation that protects nature, supports local communities, and provides a commercial return on investment.
Killing the Trade is a practical guide for anyone working to save wildlife.
The book concisely summarises the root causes of exploitation and provides a workable, scalable, and profitable model to protect and restore nature at scale.
Dr Richard Milburn MBE
Dr Milburn has worked in the conservation and countering the illegal wildlife field for over a decade.
He completed his PhD at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, studying conservation in regions of armed conflict and subsequently convening the Environmental Security MA Module.
Dr Milburn believes in the power of business and creativity to drive positive environmental change, integrating lessons learned from studies at London Business School.
He is UK representative for the Pole Pole Foundation, a multi-award-winning Gorilla conservation charity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which was an inaugural Earthshot Prize finalist in 2021.
Dr Milburn publishes peer-reviewed articles in academic journals, but seeks to make his research as accessible as possible through concise, solution-driven work that brings clarity to seemingly complex issues.
He was awarded his MBE by Prince William for his work with the British Army and DEFRA to counter the illegal wildlife trade.
Tunza Conservation
We provide executive education and consultancy to help those with the skills and desire to save wildlife to understand how best to do so, providing high-quality training and support to Conserprenuers dedicated to developing and delivering solutions to protect and restore nature globally.
For investors and entrepreneurs, we show you how to make conservation pay, and help you develop business models that provide a return on investment of both financial and natural capital.
For corporates, we provide leadership, strategy and innovation training using conservation as a case study to develop your people’s skills and identify opportunities to integrate commercial conservation into your business models and marketing.
For those working in the conservation sector, we provide training and support to help you scale your impact and deliver our ‘Perfect Park’ model of financially sustainable, successful wildlife conservation.
Training is delivered by experts in leadership, innovation, strategy and conservation with decades of experience in their field, from military, marketing, people, commerce and conservation (find out more about our team below).
The Tunza Conservation Team
The Tunza Conservation team combines decades of experience and expertise from the fields of commerce, leadership, management, strategy, innovation, academia, the military and practical conservation, including c-suite executives at some of the world's largest companies and award-winning conservation work. Please click on any of the images below to find out more about what our team can offer.
Stephen Vinall
Steven Overman
Dimple Agarwal
Erum Loam
John Kahekwa
Naomi Sherry
