May 17, 2020 - Resource Africa

The Elephant Debate: upholding democracy, human rights and conservation

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This article by Masego Madzwamuse and Liz Rihoy, was published 01 March 2019 in Mmegi - an online and weekly print English language newspaper in Botswana. It is part of a number of opinion pieces on the Elephant Debate. For decades Botswana has maintained an enviable international reputation as an ‘African miracle’ due in large part to its robust democracy, sound governance systems and...

Contested Conservation: Implications for Rights, Democratisation, and Citizenship in Southern Africa

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This paper, by Masego Madzwamuse, Elizabeth Rihoy, Maxi Louis was published in the journal Development in 2020 © Society for International Development 2020 Two competing ideological approaches have emerged in African wildlife conservation: an exclusionary approach that is aligned with the, mostly Western, animal protection movement; and the inclusive human rights-based approach of many African...