Month: September 2020

community centred conservation

Video: Botswana and Community Centered Conservation

Resource Africa September 23, 2020 0 Comments
Video: Botswana and Community Centred Conservation 40% of Botswana’s land has been set aside for conservation.The President of Botswana, H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi, has made it patently clear that the sustainable use of natural resources will be the centrepiece of his government’s environmental policy. He believes that unless rural communities are allowed to benefit meaningfully from the...
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Video: The Torghar Conservation Programme of the Suleiman Markhor, Pakistan

Resource Africa September 23, 2020 0 Comments
Video: The Torghar Conservation Programme of the Suleiman Markhor, Pakistan Sustainable use as a community conservation method is practiced in many parts of the world as illustrated in this video case study of the successful Torghar Conservation Programme of the Suleiman Markhor of the Torghar Hills in Pakistan.OverviewThe markhor is a species of wild goat that lives in extremely rugged terrain...
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Press Release: Humanity at Crossroads Warns UN Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 Report – 2020-09

Resource Africa September 16, 2020 0 Comments
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO-5), launched by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), warns, 'humanity is at a crossroads'. Released on 15 September, the report comes as the COVID-19 pandemic challenges people to rethink their relationship with nature, and to consider the profound consequences to their own wellbeing and survival that can result from continued biodiversity loss...
trophy hunting into the wild

Podcast: Into the Wild – 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting

Resource Africa September 16, 2020 0 Comments
Podcast: Into the Wild - 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting African peoples have hunted animals for hundreds of years and this is highly regulated. This episode of Into The Wild  podcast features three Namibians, among them  Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO) director Maxi Louis whose organisation supports communities living in conservancies, John Mwilima, a management...