Category: Guest Posts

Opinion pieces by guest writers from within the network and in the conservation world

CBNRM

CBNRM: you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

Resource Africa November 19, 2020 0 Comments
CBNRM: you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone by Dr Shylock Muyengwa​ Do community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) programmes help rural communities in southern Africa? There is a long-running disagreement over just how much CBNRM contributes towards the welfare of communities, in terms of health, jobs, poverty alleviation, etc. Working in rural communities throughout...
African conservation

Bold leadership required for conservation in Southern Africa

Resource Africa October 22, 2020 0 Comments
Bold leadership required for conservation in Southern Africa by Steve Johnson​ How long must this go on! Those involved in community-based natural resources management or CBNRM, have continued their mantra of the need for devolution of rights over land and natural resources for more than 30 years, with no change! It seems like we are going nowhere despite all our efforts in this direction. Way...