Day: 24 April 2020

wildlife trade

Press Release: Experts call for holistic, equitable approach to tackling wildlife trade

Resource Africa April 24, 2020 0 Comments
Following the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an international group of experts and key stakeholders from 35 countries today called upon the United Nations to consider impacts on biodiversity and the world’s most vulnerable people in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 250 conservation and development experts and organisations, from international agencies to community groups...

Letter about Trophy Hunting to the Editor of Science Magazine: A Response from Southern African Community Leaders

Resource Africa April 24, 2020 0 Comments
A recent letter in Science by Dickman et al about trophy hunting unleashed passionate debate in the Western media.  These discussions have involved over 400 conservationists, academics and animal rights advocates from the US, Europe and Australia, voicing strong, if divergent, opinions on effective conservation strategies. Much of the discussion focuses on Africa, but with the notable...