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Community Leaders Network SBSTTA Statement

Resource Africa Feb 18, 2021 0 Comments

Community Leaders Network: SBSTTA Statement Leave no voice unheard! Sustainable use of biodiversity is a human rights issue in Africa We, the Community Leaders Network (CLN), representing community organisations engaged in conservation in nine Southern African Countries, commend the work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since its fourteenth...

Poverty, invasions by wild animals fuel poaching in Tsavo – Daily Nation. Author: Mkanyika 2019-07

Resource Africa Jan 02, 2021 0 Comments

Decolonising Conservation: It Is About the Land, Stupid! – Elephant. Author: Mordecai Ogada 2019-06

Resource Africa Jan 02, 2021 0 Comments

Indigenous hunters are protecting animals, land and waterways – The Conversation. Author: Mylene Ratelle 2019-08

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“Climate Change and the Rural Economy in Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities” – European Commission Issue Report. 2012

Resource Africa Dec 30, 2020 0 Comments

“Climate Change and the Rural Economy in Southern Africa: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities” European Commission Issues Paper

Resource Africa Dec 10, 2020 0 Comments

Strengthening community conservation across landscapes in the Maputaland–Pondoland–Albany Hotspot – SANBI. 2015

Resource Africa Dec 10, 2020 0 Comments

Press Release: Celebrity campaigns undermine human rights and conservation

Resource Africa Jul 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 Jul 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...

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...