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Climate change means hunger in our communities, African women leaders at COP26 – Mongabay

Resource Africa November 16, 2021 0 Comments

Climate change means hunger in our communities, COP26 African delegates say. Africa is acutely vulnerable to climate change despite accounting for only four per cent of global emissions. The climate talks have come under scrutiny for poor representation from African nations, some of the most vulnerable to climate impacts. As COP26 which closed this week in Glasgow, Mongabay reports...

Community Leaders Network formalised

Resource Africa November 04, 2021 0 Comments

Founder members of the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN) met in Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek at Avani Hotels from 18-22 October to formalise the network. The five-day workshop brought together representatives of local communities involved in Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) from Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Botswana, and Mozambique, as...

Understanding the Kunene Wildlife Numbers

Resource Africa October 08, 2021 0 Comments

Understanding the Kunene Wildlife Numbers An article submitted by the Namibian Association of CBNRM Organisations (Nacso) was published in The Namibian on 7 October 2021. The article is based on a broader research piece, published here: A recent opinion editorial published in The Namibian used our 2021 game count data from the Kunene Region as a reason to undermine...

Divergent views on trophy hunting in Africa, and what this may mean for research and policy

Resource Africa September 21, 2021 0 Comments

Divergent views on trophy hunting in Africa, and what this may mean for research and policy - article by Shaya van Houdt, Richard P. Brown, Thomas C. Wanger, Wayne Twine, Richard Fynn, Kenneth Uiseb, Rosie Cooney, Lochran W. Traill An article that appeared on September 14, 2021 in the scientific journal Conservation Letters, authors Shaya van Houdt et al published the findings of an...

Sustainable use in the focus at events organized during the 4th day of IUCN WCC – Report

Resource Africa September 08, 2021 0 Comments

Sustainable use in the focus at events organized during the 4th day of IUCN WCC - Report In a report this week the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC) states: "As an IUCN member, the CIC wants to ensure that there are positive outcomes going forward for sustainable use, as well as other key issues such as those relating to sustainable wildlife management, wildlife...

Sustainable use of Wildlife: It’s the Law!

Resource Africa September 08, 2021 0 Comments

Sustainable Use of Wildlife: It’s The Law! Webinar - The Nagoya Protocol and the Rights of Local Communities Resource Africa (RA) recently launched a policy position paper entitled Indigenous Flora and Fauna, African Resources for African People, wherein we argued for the inclusion of the sustainable use of wildlife into the UN Convention of Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Nagoya Protocol....

Rights-based approaches are a powerful way of promoting equitable governance: IIED Natural Resources Group

Resource Africa September 05, 2021 0 Comments

Rights-based approaches are a powerful way of promoting equitable governance IIED Natural Resources Group IIED Briefing September 2021: The post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) currently being negotiated seeks to transform society’s relationship with biodiversity, including a much bigger role for protected and conserved areas (PCAs). This briefing demonstrates that transformative...

IUCN WCC 3-11 September 2021: Transformative Change for Nature and People

Resource Africa September 04, 2021 0 Comments

IUCN WCC 3-11 September 2021: Transformative Change for Nature and People Resource Africa and the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa will be represented at the Congress by delegates from both organizations. Resource Africa and the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa will be represented at the Congress by delegates from both organizations.Mission: to create awareness of the CLN...

“Building Communities in which none shall go hungry” Naledi harvest festival and local co-operatives’ dialogue

Resource Africa August 24, 2021 0 Comments

The Naledi harvest festival and local co-operatives’ dialogue It Begins with the Land - Building Communities where None Shall Go Hungry In this documentary, directors Jane Thandi Lipman and Sifiso Khanyile and producers Adi & Rashmi MistryFrost share the story of the Naledi Farming Co-operative. This is a story of hope. After 70 years of forced removals, the people of the Free State...