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Why African community conservation is here to stay

Resource Africa Jun 13, 2022 0 Comments

Why African community conservation is here to stay Local communities find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war between two distinct schools of thought. On the one side, the sustainable use of resources is supported by policies and legislation of several southern African countries, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, among other...

Understanding the Kunene Wildlife Numbers

Resource Africa Oct 08, 2021 0 Comments

Understanding the Kunene Wildlife Numbers An article submitted by the Namibian Association of CBNRM Organisations (Nacso) was published in The Namibian on 7 October 2021. The article is based on a broader research piece, published here: A recent opinion editorial published in The Namibian used our 2021 game count data from the Kunene Region as a reason to undermine...

Pandemic prevention should not victimize Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Resource Africa Jun 30, 2021 0 Comments

Pandemic prevention should not victimize 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, calls...

Mongabay: Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation Q&A with Colleen Beg

Resource Africa Jun 29, 2021 0 Comments

Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation From Mongabay.com - Rhett A Butler in conversation with Colleen Begg In a Q&A with Colleen Begg, who co-founded both the Niassa Carnivore Project in Mozambique and Women for the Environment, Africa, Begg talks about discrimination, colonial legacy, privilege, and power dynamics in conservation. To me conservation really is one of the last...

Unlocking Africa’s wildlife economy

Resource Africa May 13, 2021 0 Comments

Unlocking Africa's Wildlife Economy by Sue Snyman PhD The old adage of ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure’ applies equally to wildlife. Our recent State of the Wildlife Economy in Africa report clearly shows that we do not measure the value of wildlife in Africa very well. So, it would follow that we don’t manage it very well either? Understanding the value that wildlife...

Statement by the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax on World Environment Day 2020

Resource Africa Mar 07, 2021 0 Comments

World leaders must approach development with a fresh perspective to save wildlife By Maxwell Gomera

Resource Africa Mar 03, 2021 0 Comments

Time for Nature World leaders must approach development with a fresh perspective to save wildlife By Maxwell Gomera The dulcet, almost musical voice of the Runkeeper App interrupted the pounding sound of my feet as I started my run. 'Time, five minutes. Distance, one point zero nine kilometres. Average speed, 4 minutes 57 seconds per kilometre,' the App voice announced. I had not run on this...

Nature as a Human Right: Human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment – UN General Assembly Report. 2020-07

Resource Africa Jan 13, 2021 0 Comments

Webinar: Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector

Resource Africa Jun 26, 2020 0 Comments

The March/April 2020 edition 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 Tourism The Kenyan Department of Tourism and Wildlife hosted a webinar around the topic Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector in...

COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers

Resource Africa Jun 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 or a bat to...