CBNRM Archives - Resource Africa

Policy Brief: The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill

Resource Africa June 05, 2023 0 Comments

Risks to Conservation, Rights and Livelihoods - Executive Summary The Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, currently before the Lords, is intended to ban the import of hunting trophies from a list of around 6000 species (as listed in a European Council Regulation now referred to in the Bill as the Principal Wildlife Trade Regulation), although the vast majority of species on this list...

Legal analysis of the community-based natural resource management principles in South African Development Community framework

Resource Africa July 15, 2022 0 Comments

Legal analysis of the community-based natural resource management principles in South African Development Community framework by Chiedza Machaka In the previous article in this series, I discussed the legal support for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) that is derived from various Protocols by the African Union. In this article, I zone in on the African region where...

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights supports community-based natural resource management principles in historic resolution

Resource Africa June 14, 2022 0 Comments

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights supports community-based natural resource management principles in historic resolution by Chiedza Machaka The previous article in this series described the theoretical underpinnings of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), whereby communities living in the commons manage natural resources on their land following rules and...

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-HUNTING LEGISLATION

Resource Africa May 26, 2022 0 Comments

CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-HUNTING LEGISLATION An initiative to protect the rights and livelihoods of African and Europe communities and their wildlife conservation programmes from the impact of proposed anti-hunting legislation in the UK TROPHY HUNTING, AFRICAN COMMUNITIES AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: AN EXPLAINER OUR RIGHT TO SUSTAINABLY USE OUR WILDLIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND...

The commons and the theory behind community-based natural resource management

Resource Africa May 19, 2022 0 Comments

The commons and the theory behind community-based natural resource management Prior to the modern industrial era, communities living on common-lands the world over (called commons) relied heavily on the abundant natural resources that surrounded them for their survival. In Africa, ancient traditions reflected the value of natural resources and incorporated nature in their worldviews, belief...

Risks associated with infrastructure development in southern African rural areas

Resource Africa February 25, 2022 0 Comments

Risks associated with infrastructure development in southern African rural areas When United Nations Environment Agency (UNEA 5.2) convenes next week from 28 February to 4 March 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya, representatives of the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa member Chifundo Dalireni from Malawi and Resource Africa UK CEO, Dr Malan Lindeque, will, along with others from civil society...

The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa and Resource Africa South Africa sign an MOU

Resource Africa February 08, 2022 0 Comments

The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa and Resource Africa South Africa sign an MOU The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN) and Resource Africa South Africa (RASA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the voices of southern African communities that rely on the sustainable use of natural resources for their livelihoods. The Community Leaders...

Rural Namibians respond to hunting campaigns – Current Conservation

Resource Africa February 08, 2022 0 Comments

Rural Namibians respond to hunting campaigns - Current Conservation “We depend on generating income from elephant hunting which we invest back into the conservation of the species. If we stop hunting elephants, poaching will rise because the conservancy will not have any income to contribute the livelihood of its community. We have about 40 people who are employed by the conservancy and their...

Conservation in the Mahenye Royal Household – the Birth of CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe

Resource Africa August 04, 2021 0 Comments

Conservation in the Mahenye Royal Household – the birth of CAMPFIRE in Zimbabwe by Liberty Chauke I was seated listening to the melodious and whistling sounds of birds in the forest. Memories of childhood popped in and took me down memory lane. I grew up in the most respected royal family in Zimbabwe. My grandfather had many wives, who interacted with us during the night by telling us stories...

Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism

Resource Africa August 03, 2021 0 Comments

Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism In the preamble to a paper published in Nature Sustainability authors Unai Pascual , William M. Adams, Sandra Díaz , Sharachchandra Lele, Georgina M. Mace and Esther Turnhout write: The lack of progress in reversing the declining global trend in biodiversity is partly due to a mismatch between how living nature is conceived and valued by...