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‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steve Rinella’s Hunting Empire – The New York Times

Resource Africa February 04, 2022 0 Comments

‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steve Rinella's Hunting Empire - The New York Times "With “MeatEater” on Netflix and a growing roster of podcasts, Steven Rinella is teaching a new kind of hunter about how killing animals can be part of loving nature." The New York Times magazine feature article in February 2022 ‘An Environmentalist With a Gun’: Inside Steven Rinella’s...

Colonial Racism on Full Display in UK Parliaments Trophy Imports Ban

Resource Africa February 02, 2022 0 Comments

Colonial Racism On Full Display In UK Parliament’s Proposed Trophy Import Ban An article published in Forbes Magazine by contributing journalist Chris Dorsey this week highlights the hypocrisy, condescension, colonial racism and wrong headedness on full display by the animal rights groups and their supporters, many of whom are UK celebrities, behind the UK’s trophy import ban."In recently...

VACANCY Executive Assistant

Resource Africa February 02, 2022 0 Comments

Thank you for your interest, but this position is now closed. Please keep an eye on our social media channels for future vacancies. VACANCY Executive Assistant Executive Assistant (EA) to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Resource Africa South Africa (RA-SA) Job Description Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Executive Assistant (EA) provides executive...

VACANCY: Communications Manager

Resource Africa February 02, 2022 0 Comments

Thank you for your interest, but this position is now closed. Please keep an eye on our social media channels for future vacancies. VACANCY: Communications Manager Position: Communications Manager Reporting to: RASA Chief Executive Officer Terms of Engagement: Full Time Duty Station: Southern Africa Background to Resource Africa Resource Africa’s...

Poorly conceived’ Animals Abroad Bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told – The Guardian January 13, 2022

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'Poorly conceived’ Animals Abroad Bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told - The Guardian January 13, 2022 Proposed ban on trophy hunting imports ignores African perspectives and could reverse conservation gains, says open letter In an article in The Guardian UK on Thursday 13 January 2022, some balanced reporting by environmental journalist Patrick Greenfield about the hunting bans...

Furore over Namibian community-based conservation – Africa Geographic

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Furore over Namibian community-based conservation - Africa Geographic "Animal rights organisations seem to be strangely fixated on Namibia’s community conservation model. The reason for this fixation is obvious – Namibia includes hunting as part of its broader wildlife economy and has made greater efforts to include rural communities in conservation than most other countries in the world." A...

SADC rural hunting communities demand win-win benefits from international hunting – The Chronicle, Zimbabwe

Resource Africa December 10, 2021 0 Comments

SADC rural hunting communities demand win-win benefits from international hunting - The Chronicle, Zimbabwe "We think this is the right time to remove the middleman and let communities market their own natural resources,' said a member of the Southern Africa Community Leaders Network and CEO Ngamiland NGOs, Mr Siyoka Simasiku. "Communities should not be stakeholders but shareholders." Once...

Why Africa needs a common stance at CITES

Resource Africa December 08, 2021 0 Comments

Why Africa needs a common stance at CITES The 19th Conference of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP19) is to be held in Panama, central America from 14 to 25 November, 2022. Pointing to the fact that African countries represented at CITES do not have a history of speaking with one voice on matters that pertains to its...

In conservation efforts, US hypocrisy is undermining African countries’ proven accomplishments – Washington Examiner

Resource Africa November 18, 2021 0 Comments

In conservation efforts, US hypocrisy is undermining African countries' proven accomplishments - Washington Examiner The USA uses hunting to fund conservation efforts, which contribute to the global goal of protecting 30% of the earth by 2030. Yet these authors point out the hypocrisy of the US position, as it is considering legislation that will prevent Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania from doing...

COP26 and a Call to Action: Hope is us

Resource Africa November 16, 2021 0 Comments

COP26: Hope is us Post COP26, the global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis, 350.org, shared an email entitled "The Bad News and the Good News from COP26" with their supporters. Their Call to Action was posted on Facebook. The UN climate summit in Glasgow has finished. The good news is that for the first time in history, the talks formally recognised the need to put an end to fossil...