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UK attitudes towards hunting trophy imports

Resource Africa September 02, 2024 0 Comments

Savanta, a leading data, market research and advisory company, conducted an online survey of 4,002 Britons on the subject of trophy hunting, commissioned by Resource Africa South Africa with funding from Jamma International. The results reveal a clear lack of understanding among the British public of trophy hunting and conservation in African countries that would be affected by a UK hunting...

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Report on the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill debated in the UK House of Commons

Resource Africa August 21, 2024 0 Comments

Report on the Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill debated in the UK House of Commons Governments across the range states of Southern Africa, in addition to leading scientists including the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee which advises ministers, have cautioned against this Bill because it removes revenues that mitigate key risks to biodiversity - namely habitat loss and...

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Why Southern African Communities Must Climb the Conservation Governance Ladder

Resource Africa June 06, 2024 0 Comments

Why Southern African Communities Must Climb the Conservation Governance Ladder A ground-breaking global review of Indigenous peoples and local communities engaged in conservation reveals that more equitable community-led governance systems lead to better conservation and social outcomes. Increasing the level of engagement and decision-making power held by communities can therefore positively...

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Statement from the Community Leaders Network and Resource Africa Following KAZA Summit 2024

Resource Africa May 31, 2024 0 Comments

Statement from the Community Leaders Network and Resource Africa Following KAZA Summit 2024 The Community Leaders Network and Resource Africa recently attended the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) Summit held in Livingstone, Zambia. During the summit, presenters unanimously noted the glaring absence of local communities. A more befitting gesture would have been to at...

Fifty or more buffalo crowd the shore of a small waterhole.

Mozambique study: Rules about wildlife are more important than benefits from wildlife

Resource Africa May 13, 2024 0 Comments

Mozambique study: Rules about wildlife are more important than benefits from wildlife Human-wildlife conflict is often seen as a balancing act between the costs and benefits of living with wildlife. According to this thinking, if people lose more livestock or crops than the money they receive from wildlife-based industries (e.g. tourism and/or hunting), then they are unlikely to tolerate or want...

A woman and child in a wooden boat in a river channel.

Towards fair deals for communities engaged in the wildlife economy and conservation finance

Resource Africa April 15, 2024 0 Comments

.stk-10e45c0{max-width:100% !important;padding-top:0px !important;padding-right:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important;padding-left:0px !important} Towards fair deals for communities engaged in the wildlife economy and conservation finance The global problems of biodiversity loss and climate change have triggered investment and financial commitments from the private and public sectors, but...

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Proposed French hunting import and export ban defeated, for now

Resource Africa February 22, 2024 0 Comments

Proposed French hunting import and export ban defeated, for now On 21 November, Sandra Regol (New Ecological and Social People's Union MP) and Corinne Vignon (Renaissance Party MP) tabled a bill aimed at banning the import and export of hunting trophies of all species listed under CITES, as well as all forms of publicity surrounding these activities, i.e. a total ban. This populist proposal is...

Expanding knowledge horizons in community conservation

Resource Africa November 02, 2023 0 Comments

Expanding knowledge horizons in community conservation Collecting, collating and analysing data for the purposes of adaptive management and transparent reporting to external stakeholders is one of the hallmarks of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM). Namibia’s CBNRM programme has led the way in this regard through the Event Book system, but several other countries are...

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Addressing power imbalances in community conservation

Resource Africa September 19, 2023 0 Comments

Addressing power imbalances in community conservation One of the most challenging aspects of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is walking the tightrope between the many stakeholders involved in these programmes. The difficulties experienced in community conservation can often be traced back to power imbalances, both within communities and between them and the government, civil...

The European Union’s Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking is being Undermined by Populist Anti-hunting Campaigns

Resource Africa July 18, 2023 0 Comments

The European Union’s Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking is being Undermined by Populist Anti-hunting Campaigns By Resource Africa When it comes to wildlife trade legislation and policy, it seems that the MemberStates of the European Union (EU) do not align with the EU itself. Meanwhile, theEuropean Parliament appears to be unhappy with the European Commission beingguided by science and...