The Resource Africa Blog section hosts fresh ideas and new perspectives on topical issues in conservation, rights, and development in Southern Africa and invites guest contributors to submit ideas for articles.
The views in the guest posts are the authors’ own and do not necessarily represent those of Resource Africa.
If you have a perspective on a topical issue and would like to contribute a short post, please email us info@resourceafrica.net
An in-depth feature in Knowable Magazine by Natasha Gilbert reports that scientists and wildlife trade experts worry CITES bans may be backfiring by driving up… Read More »Are CITES bans driving up demand for wildlife products?
COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’ threatens conservation in Africa A new report calls for rapid collaborative global action to ensure Africa’s wildlife survives COVID-19’s devastating impact on… Read More »COVID-19 ‘perfect storm’ threatens conservation in Africa
[pdf-embedder url=”https://resourceafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Marawanyika-2014-06-25-Zimbabwe-Zambia-in-kapenta-war-_-IOL-Business-Report.pdf” title=”Marawanyika 2014-06-25 Zimbabwe, Zambia in kapenta war _ IOL Business Report”]
[pdf-embedder url=”https://resourceafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/31902-34777-1-PB.pdf”]
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… Read More »Bold leadership required for conservation in Southern Africa
Human rights, heritage and habitats threatened by the Frieda River Mining Project in Papua New Guinea “Plan for largest mine in Papua New Guinea history… Read More »Human rights, heritage and habitats threatened by the Frieda River Mining Project in Papua New Guinea
CBNRM and a Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle Published in The Chronicle, Zimbabwe on October 16, 2020, this article by Johannesburg-based… Read More »CBNRM Success Stories: A Namibian rural community’s historic choice of wildlife over cattle
In the news: COVID19, Community Livelihoods and a Sustainable Wildlife Trade This in-depth feature, by writer Wendee Nicole was published by Ensia, a media outlet… Read More »COVID19, Community Livelihoods and Sustainable Wildlife Trade
In the news: Area-based Conservation in the 21st Century “Adequate protection of the world’s biodiversity will require conservation areas in the right places, the involvement… Read More »Area-based Conservation in the 21st Century
In this opinion piece, Richard Maasdorp calls on Africans to challenge the idea that international organisations or donors have solutions to the continent’s conservation problems… Read More »African conservation: a wake-up call