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Leaders’ Pledge for Nature recognises local community rights Commitment to the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in decision making and… Read More »UN Summit on Biodiversity 2020: Leaders Pledge for Nature
CBNRM in southern Africa Community-based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) has been implemented in several southern African with various degrees of success. While the form in… Read More »CBNRM in southern Africa
From Poacher’s Son to Conservation Leader Defending Namibia’s Community Conservation Story By John K. Kasaona These are our animals, says John Kasaona, Executive Director of Integrated… Read More »From Poachers to Caretakers
The Community Leaders Network A Community Leaders Network (CLN) has been established, bringing together over 50 representatives of local communities engaged in Community Based Natural… Read More »Community Leaders Network is established
Video: Let Africans Decide Open Letter In this groundbreaking video, community leaders speaking on behalf of millions of people from eight southern African countries call… Read More »Video: Let Africans Decide
Video: Botswana and Community Centred Conservation 40% of Botswana’s land has been set aside for conservation.The President of Botswana, H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi, has made it… Read More »Video: Botswana and Community Centered Conservation
Video: The Torghar Conservation Programme of the Suleiman Markhor, Pakistan Sustainable use as a community conservation method is practiced in many parts of the world… Read More »Video: The Torghar Conservation Programme of the Suleiman Markhor, Pakistan
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 (GBO-5), launched by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), warns, ‘humanity is at a crossroads’. Released on 15 September, the… Read More »Press Release: Humanity at Crossroads Warns UN Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 Report – 2020-09
Podcast: Into the Wild – 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting African peoples have hunted animals for hundreds of years and this is highly regulated. This… Read More »Podcast: Into the Wild – 3 Namibians discuss Trophy Hunting
In June, 2019, at Africa’s Wildlife Economy Summit, hosted by the African Union and United Nations Environment Programme in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, community representatives called… Read More »Declaration: Voices of the Communities: A New Deal for rural communities and wildlife and natural resources