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Pandemic prevention should not victimise Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Resource Africa June 30, 2021 0 Comments
Pandemic prevention should not victimise Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities In a new paper published by Conservation Letters, authors Jason M. Tylianakis, Mark R. Herse, Sanna Malinennd, and  Phil O’B. Lyver lay out how wildlife consumption bans would inflict economic and cultural harms on already marginalised people. "During times of crisis, such as the present COVID pandemic,...
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Webinar: Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector

Resource Africa June 26, 2020 0 Comments
The March/April 2020 editi0n of IUCN SULi Digest featured some of the many articles circulating on Covid-19   which relate to Wildlife trade and trade bans and Conservation and wildlife tourism.WEBINAR: COVID-19, Conservation and Wildlife TourismThe Kenyan Department of Tourism and Wildlife hosted a webinar around the topic Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector in early...
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers

Resource Africa June 11, 2020 0 Comments
COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers - Forests News. Authors: R Nasi, J Fa 2020-03 In the wake of COVID-19, conservationists have greeted China’s recent clampdown on wild animal hunting and consumption with enthusiasm. The government made the move based on scientific theories that COVID-19 was transmitted from a pangolin...

Humans aren’t the Virus

Resource Africa May 23, 2020 0 Comments
“There have been many plagues in the world as there have been wars, yet plagues and wars always find people equally unprepared.” - Albert Camus  From Counterpunch by FIORE LONGO APRIL 24, 2020   It’s time for a confession. Not long ago, I was sitting on the floor in a remote part of India and was given a plate of rice and meat. As a daughter of the Western world, I...