Promoting Community Conservation at CoP15 in Montreal

Promoting Community Conservation at CoP15 in Montreal By Resource Africa Resource Africa actively participated in the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 15 th Conference of the Parties (CoP 15) in Montreal, Canada during 7–19 December 2022. During CoP15, governments from around the world came together to address the biodiversity crisis by developing and agreeing upon the...

Ecotourism as a vehicle for local economic development: A case of Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe

Ecotourism as a vehicle for local economic development: A case of Tsholotsho District, Zimbabwe Zingi G, et al (2022) Cogent Social Sciences. (Open access)  The authors examine the role of tourism as a vehicle for improving and strengthening local economic development (LED) initiatives in Tsholotsho District. The challenges faced in initiating LED are lack of funds, politicisation of natural...

Position Statement On the Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict

Position Statement On the Management of Human-Wildlife Conflict IUCN Some human-wildlife conflicts involve situations where lives and livelihoods are at very serious risk, requiring urgent attention that cannot wait for the outcomes of research, dialogues and conflict mediation. In emergency cases, there may be no other option than to implement imperfectly-informed damage control measures as soon...

Namibian Experiences Establishing Community Fish Reserves

Namibian Experiences Establishing Community Fish Reserves Britta Hackenberg, Clinton Hay, Jamie Robertsen, and Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa Inland fisheries play a critical role in the ecology of the Okavango Delta, but their conservation is particularly complex. For nearly a decade, communities, conservancies, policy makers, and partner organisations have worked to establish fish reserves across the...

Twenty-First Century Conservation in Africa: Contemporary Dilemmas, Future Challenges

Twenty-First Century Conservation in Africa: Contemporary Dilemmas, Future Challenges Michael Bollig 2020   Africa has been at the receiving end of the monikers of others, from the pejorative ‘dark’ continent of the 19th century to be labelled more recently, first, as ‘hopeless’ and then, a decade later, as ‘rising’ by The Economist. It’s high time for Africa to carve out its own...

Getting blended finance to where it’s needed: The case of CBNRM enterprises in Southern Africa

Getting blended finance to where it’s needed: The case of CBNRM enterprises in Southern Africa Smith J, et al (2022) Land. So far, blended finance approaches have not been fully adapted to the context where conservation activities take place, for example on communal lands—a common tenure arrangement for conservation in southern Africa. This study identifies opportunities, barriers, and risks...

An analysis of trophy size trends in popular hunting species in Namibia over five years

An analysis of trophy size trends in popular hunting species in Namibia over five years M Walters, M Hauptfleisch The Namibian Journal of Environment (NJE) 2022 Within the last twenty years, Namibia has developed a leading alternative model of biodiversity conservation, largely due to its Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) programme and its allocation of large areas of land...

A Call for More Nuanced Dialogues About Trophy Hunting

A Call for More Nuanced Dialogues About Trophy Hunting  Vernon C. Bleich, R. Terry Bowyer, Jim Heffelfinger, Kelley M Stewart , Paula A White Carl D Mitchell  Journal of Wildlife Management 2021  Reported effects of trophy harvest often are controversial. The subject is nuanced and many studies lack details necessary to place their results in context. Consequently, many studies are...

Briefing Document for the 19th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES COP19, Panama City, Panama 14 – 25 November, 2022

Briefing Document for the 19th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES COP19, Panama City, Panama 14 - 25 November, 2022 TRAFFIC Recommendations on Selected Agenda Documents For CITES COP19 The framework includes, for the first time, a proposed Target 5 that directly addresses the harvest, use and trade of wild species, and other targets addressing the benefits to conservation and humans...

Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology Christopher H. Trisos , Jess Auerbach , and Madhusudan Katti   Nature Ecology and Evolution: PERSPECTIVES 2021 Ecological research and practice are crucial to understanding and guiding more positive relationships between people and ecosystems. However, ecology as a discipline and the diversity of those who call...