Press Release: Celebrity campaigns undermine human rights and conservation
“Local people’s rights to make a living by sustainably using their land and wildlife are enshr…
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Open Letter: Celebrity campaigns undermine successful conservation and human rights
Over fifty community leaders, representing millions of people across southern Africa, urge UK-based …
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Webinar: Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector
The March/April 2020 editi0n of IUCN SULi Digest featured some of the many articles circulating on C…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
Consumptive vs. non-consumptive tourism – NAPHA. Denker 2019-04
The author, Hagen Denker, in an article that appeared on the NAPHA (Namibia Professional Hunters Ass…
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Video: Voices from the Frontline: Communities and Livelihoods in Botswana
Produced by The Conservation Imperative, this 60-minute documentary follows Jack Ramsden, a young ca…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefits – Luc Hoffman Institute. Author: Melissa de Kock. 10.2019
In her ‘thought piece’ entitled Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefit…
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Video: Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action
“Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action”, a documentary produced by the Commu…
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers ̵…
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The IUCN and trophy hunting – a response to the “ethics” attack on hunting
A response in African Sustainable Conservation News dated October 9, 2019 to a published piece on th…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019
Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to in…
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Biodiversity
Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970 – The Guardian. Author: Damian Carrington. 10.2019
Extract: Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970.…
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Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market
On the surface it would seem that time is running short for African wildlife, but one Ghanaian entre…
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View the latest blogs from the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN). Clicking on the blog titles below will take you to the CLN site.
- The new Community Leaders Network (CLN) strategic plan describes the pathway to impact that CLN will take over the next […]
- The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN), representing over 20 million individuals across twelve Southern African nations, stands as […]
- Viewed from space, the world-famous Okavango Delta looks like a large pan attached to a handle – the Okavango River. […]
- Nature conservation is driven by passionate individuals who see the dangers of unsustainable and destructive human activities more clearly than […]
- The Community Leaders Network and Resource Africa recently attended the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) Summit held in Livingstone, Zambia. […]
- By Liberty Chauke Zimbabwe’s Community Areas Management Program For Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) programme was the first of its kind in […]