Tag: ecosystems
Area-based Conservation in the 21st Century
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...
Declaration: Voices of the Communities: A New Deal for rural communities and wildlife and natural resources
In June, 2019, at Africa’s Wildlife Economy Summit, hosted by the African Union and United Nations Environment Programme in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, community representatives called on African Governments, the private sector and international organisations issued a Declaration in which they called for a New Deal that recognises the integral role of communities in the ownership,...