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CBNRM Success Stories: A Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle

Resource Africa October 20, 2020 0 Comments

CBNRM and a Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle Published in The Chronicle, Zimbabwe on October 16, 2020, this article by Johannesburg-based journalist, Emmanuel Koro is a success story about CBNRM in action as Namibia's Anabeb community's choice to switch from cattle production to wildlife hunting has uplifted lives and restored natural resources of the...

COVID19, Community Livelihoods and Sustainable Wildlife Trade

Resource Africa October 16, 2020 0 Comments

In the COVID19, Community Livelihoods and a Sustainable Wildlife Trade This in-depth feature, by writer Wendee Nicole was published by Ensia, a media outlet of University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, focuses on alternative ways to meet communities' basic needs and secure community livelihoods in the face of COVID19.The article quotes @dilysroe on wet market ban undermining food...

Area-based Conservation in the 21st Century

Resource Africa October 16, 2020 0 Comments

In the Area-based Conservation in the 21st Century "Adequate protection of the world’s biodiversity will require conservation areas in the right places, the involvement of indigenous peoples and local communities in decision-making and management, ecologically connectivity between protected areas, and much more financing."In an article in Mongabay, writer Liz Kimbrough reports that area-based...

Podcast: Into the Wild – 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting

Resource Africa September 16, 2020 0 Comments

Podcast: Into the Wild - 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting African peoples have hunted animals for hundreds of years and this is highly regulated. This episode of Into The Wild podcast features three Namibians, among them Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO) director Maxi Louis whose organisation supports communities living in conservancies, John Mwilima, a management...

Press Release: Celebrity campaigns undermine human rights and conservation

Resource Africa July 15, 2020 0 Comments

"Local people’s rights to make a living by sustainably using their land and wildlife are enshrined in international and national laws, and cannot be undermined by one-sided views. They are not up for debate" WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2020 CELEBRITY CAMPAIGNS...

Open Letter: Celebrity campaigns undermine successful conservation and human rights

Resource Africa July 14, 2020 0 Comments

Over fifty community leaders, representing millions of people across southern Africa, urge UK-based celebrities to stop using their influence to undermine the human rights of impoverished people and jeopardise wildlife conservation in the region. 14 July 2020 Dear Ricky Gervais, Joanna Lumley, Peter Egan, Ed Sheeran, Dame Judi Dench and Piers Morgan OPEN LETTER: Celebrity campaigns undermine...

Consumptive vs. non-consumptive tourism – NAPHA. Denker 2019-04

Resource Africa June 25, 2020 0 Comments

The author, Hagen Denker, in an article that appeared on the NAPHA (Namibia Professional Hunters Association) website and its social media pages in 2019 observes "it is often claimed that “non-consumptive” tourism has a low impact and low carbon footprint on the natural environment.", he asks the question: "But what does this actually mean? And how does this compare to “consumptive”...

Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefits – Luc Hoffman Institute. Author: Melissa de Kock. 10.2019

Resource Africa June 23, 2020 0 Comments

In her 'thought piece' entitled Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefits published in October 2019 by Luc Hoffman Institute, Melissa de Kock (WWF-Norway, Senior Advisor: Conservation, Climate and Communities) states that for community based conservation to evolve beyond the existing models based on tourism and hunting, initiatives such as those taken up jointly by Luc...

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...

The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019

Resource Africa June 06, 2020 0 Comments

Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to information, usually presented as ‘news’ that has no basis in fact but is presented as being factually accurate in a deliberate attempt to spread misinformation for propaganda purposes. Hunting is often on the receiving end of this approach to ‘news’. It is increasingly evident that this...