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Sustainable Use: A Selection of Research Papers and Reports 2019
Resource Africa is a key repository for and a 'go to' resource portal for information on regional CBRNM and sustainable use information. In collaboration with partner organisations, such as The Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network our website serves as an open access archive of current relevant published materials that affect CBNRM globally. Please go to links...
The case for shrinking the faunal poverty line – Daily Maverick. Author: Stoddard 2019-07
Africa’s beastly burden: The case for shrinking the faunal poverty line by Ed Stoddard, 15 July 2019
Linking Conversation and Conservation in Africa by Sauleja Rajak
Linking Conversation and Conservation in Africa by Sauleha Rajak Conservation comes with deep interconnections between human rights and nature preservation. The rights of animals over the rights of humans or the rights of humans overs the rights of animals? How do we strike a balance? What does it mean to act fairly and morally? Conservation aims to protect our ecosystems, our planet - but at...
Video: “The Eden Illusion: The Fate of Africa’s Wildlife in a post-COVID-19 World” The Conservation Imperative 2020
VIDEO: THE EDEN ILLUSION: The Fate of Africa's Wildlife in a post-COVID-19 World The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on human health, social welfare, and the economies of nations across the globe. Blanket travel restrictions, enforced to contain the virus, ensured the instant collapse of tourism worldwide. Several African nations were particularly hard hit because of tourism's high...
Book Review: Western Celebration of African Poverty by Emmanuel Koro
https://resourceafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lapointe-2020-01-01-Book-Review.-Western-celebration-of-African-poverty-Koro.pdf An interview with the author, Emmanuel Koro, about why he wrote the book “Western Celebration of African Poverty" which carries a forward by Mr Eugene Lapointe, who writes of the book: (Western Celebration of African Poverty) has something for everyone who...
Conservation must begin with respecting human rights
Conservation must begin with respecting human rights Human Rights Day exposes long road ahead for local community rights. On International Human Rights Day, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. At long last the world is increasingly hearing their voices, acknowledging their rights to sustainably manage their resources, and respecting their ecological knowledge. But despite...
Letter to The Times from The Community Leaders Network
Letter to The Times from The Community Leaders Network As leaders and representatives of local communities and local community institutions in Southern Africa, we have an unprecedented opportunity to challenge entrenched ideas about who is a legitimate champion of conservation and whose views matter. For example, a recent editorial in The Times takes a spectacularly uninformed position on...