The Resource Africa Blog section hosts fresh ideas and new perspectives on topical issues in conservation, rights, and development in Southern Africa and invites guest contributors to submit ideas for articles.
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Summary: The BBC reported on 4th October, 2019 that South African officials had seized 342kg (754lb) of lion bones and arrested three people at Johannesburg… Read More »Lion bones weighing 342 kg seized at OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg
In a Press Release dated February 3, 2020 and published in Botswana’s newspaper The Parrot Online: “Botswana’s former President, His Excellency Dr. Seretse Khama Ian… Read More »Khama to host international conference on poaching and human wildlife conflict
Earth Negotiations Bulletin – A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations published the summary of the 69th Meeting of CITES Standing Committee, held 27… Read More »Summary of the sixty-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee: 27 November to 1 December, 2017
Al Jazeera reported the decision by Yahoo Japan to end the trade of ivory from November, 2019. The announcement was published on its website and… Read More »Yahoo Japan ends trade of ivory
The Financial Times published this article about conservation investment in November, 2019. Read the full article here. Summary: When the Zoological Society of London in… Read More »How conservation investment could be a lifeline for endangered species
Published in Africa Geographic September 26, 2019. Read the article here Summary: Africa Geographic reports that The Zambia National Community Resources Board Association (ZNCRBA) has… Read More »Zambia NCRBA calls for suspension of trophy hunting until communities receive funds owed
Summary: The South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, requested public comment of a scientific nature on her proposal to: 1.… Read More »South Africa’s proposal to CITES on White and Black Rhino
We are sharing some links to recent COVID-19 related news articles and papers recommended in the IUCN SULi Digest March and April 2020 Edition. Wildlife… Read More »COVID-19: wildlife trade and communities: a selection of recently published articles
As Mexico reels from the coronavirus (COVID-19) economic devastation and public health disaster, Vanda Felbab-Brown writes in a recently published article in brookings.edu, it also… Read More »Wildlife trade in Mexico, conservation, and pandemics
Originally published in The Conversation authored by Daniel Natusch, Macquarie University; Graham Alexander, University of the Witwatersrand; Ngo Van Tri, and Patrick Aust, University of… Read More »Snakes make good food. Banning farms won’t help the fight against coronavirus