“Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action”, a documentary produced by the Community Conservation Research Network, premiered in early June, 2020. The film brings together communities… Read More »Video: Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action
Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to information, usually presented as ‘news’ that has no… Read More »The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019
Published in Africa Geographic September 26, 2019. Read the article here Summary: Africa Geographic reports that The Zambia National Community Resources Board Association (ZNCRBA) has… Read More »Zambia NCRBA calls for suspension of trophy hunting until communities receive funds owed
This article appeared in the Mail and Guardian (South Africa) 13 Mar 2019. By Maxwell Gomera, Liz Rihoy In 2014, the president of Botswana, Ian Khama,… Read More »Botswana – Integrating wildlife into rural economy is key to its survival
Rural Community Leaders in Dialogue with Dr David Boyd The following comments are respectfully submitted to Dr David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights… Read More »Submission to UN Human Rights Commission Consultation on Biodiversity and Human Rights
This article by Masego Madzwamuse and Liz Rihoy, was published 01 March 2019 in Mmegi – an online and weekly print English language newspaper in… Read More »The Elephant Debate: upholding democracy, human rights and conservation
This paper, by Masego Madzwamuse, Elizabeth Rihoy, Maxi Louis was published in the journal Development in 2020 © Society for International Development 2020 Two competing… Read More »Contested Conservation: Implications for Rights, Democratisation, and Citizenship in Southern Africa
Dear Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Ms. Inger Andersen, COVID-19: Holistic, equitable solutions are required to improve human and planetary health and reduce zoonotic pandemic… Read More »Open letter to WHO and UN Environment Programme
A recent letter in Science by Dickman et al about trophy hunting unleashed passionate debate in the Western media. These discussions have involved over 400 conservationists, academics and animal rights advocates from the US, Europe and Australia, voicing strong, if divergent, opinions on effective conservation strategies. Much of the discussion focuses on Africa, but with… Read More »Letter about Trophy Hunting to the Editor of Science Magazine: A Response from Southern African Community Leaders