Conservation Debates Archives

How to keep environmental conservation from doing more harm than good – Landscapes News

Resource Africa September 14, 2022 0 Comments

How to keep environmental conservation from doing more harm than good - landscape News In Africa, “colonial conservation” has become a human rights issue by Augusta Dwyer At a conservation congress 17 years ago, a Maasai leader named Martin Saning’o had harsh words for his audience, declaring, “We are enemies of conservation.” Well before then, the Maasai had lost most of their...

Is ethical ivory trade possible? A debate on Al Jazeera.

Resource Africa May 29, 2022 0 Comments

Is ethical trophy hunting possible? International television news channel Al Jazeera aired a video debate entitled 'Is an ethical ivory trade possible?" on May 28 following The African Elephant Conference which was held from the 23rd to the 26th of May 2022 at the Hwange Safari Lodge Hwange, Zimbabwe. The African Elephant Conference was hosted under the theme a “New and Better Deal for Elephant...

Size is the Elephant in the Room – Beyond the Headlines

Resource Africa May 22, 2022 0 Comments

Size is the Elephant in the Room - Beyond the Headlines Unfortunately, non-factual opinions, especially persecutory ones, seem to have a critical mass. Once attained, facts are readily dismissed and become insignificant in comparison to the size of hate and the fiction that is generated by it. Karen Seginak Tweet The introduction to Karen Seginak's blog column Fresh Tracks reads:...

Can a global conservation fund bridge the gap between global finance and the realities for indigenous communities? Daily Maverick Op Ed

Resource Africa February 23, 2022 0 Comments

Can a global conservation fund bridge the gap between global finance and the realities for indigenous communities? A Daily Maverick Hunting OP-ED responds to the proposition that foreign aid can be a viable alternative to sustainable use An Op-Ed response in The Daily Maverick seeks to draw attention to the many problems with the assumptions contained the opinion piece (31 January 2022)...

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans – Mongabay Commentary

Resource Africa February 12, 2022 0 Comments

UK trophy hunting import ban not supported by rural Africans - Mongabay While a UK bill to ban the import of hunting trophies enjoys popular support there, rural Africans directly affected by such decisions are voicing opposition. In an article submitted as a Commentary piece by community conservation practitioners and professionals in Namibia and published in Mongabay on February 11, 2022, the...

‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steve Rinella’s Hunting Empire – The New York Times

Resource Africa February 04, 2022 0 Comments

‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steve Rinella's Hunting Empire - The New York Times "With “MeatEater” on Netflix and a growing roster of podcasts, Steven Rinella is teaching a new kind of hunter about how killing animals can be part of loving nature." The New York Times magazine feature article in February 2022 ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s...

Colonial Racism on Full Display in UK Parliaments Trophy Imports Ban

Resource Africa February 02, 2022 0 Comments

Colonial Racism On Full Display In UK Parliament’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban An article published in Forbes Magazine by contributing journalist Chris Dorsey this week highlights the hypocrisy, condescension, colonial racism and wrong headedness on full display by the animal rights groups and their supporters, many of whom are UK celebrities, behind the UK’s trophy import ban."In recently...

Poorly conceived’ Animals Abroad Bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told – The Guardian January 13, 2022

Resource Africa January 13, 2022 0 Comments

'Poorly conceived’ Animals Abroad Bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told - The Guardian January 13, 2022 Proposed ban on trophy hunting imports ignores African perspectives and could reverse conservation gains, says open letter In an article in The Guardian UK on Thursday 13 January 2022, some balanced reporting by environmental journalist Patrick Greenfield about the hunting bans...

Furore over Namibian community-based conservation – Africa Geographic

Resource Africa December 22, 2021 0 Comments

Furore over Namibian community-based conservation - Africa Geographic "Animal rights organisations seem to be strangely fixated on Namibia’s community conservation model. The reason for this fixation is obvious – Namibia includes hunting as part of its broader wildlife economy and has made greater efforts to include rural communities in conservation than most other countries in the world." A...

Climate change means hunger in our communities, African women leaders at COP26 – Mongabay

Resource Africa November 16, 2021 0 Comments

Climate change means hunger in our communities, COP26 African delegates say. Africa is acutely vulnerable to climate change despite accounting for only four per cent of global emissions. The climate talks have come under scrutiny for poor representation from African nations, some of the most vulnerable to climate impacts. As COP26 which closed this week in Glasgow, Mongabay reports...