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News, opinion pieces and statements authored by Resource Africa, Community Leaders Network members, and guest contributors, from whom we welcome hosts fresh ideas and new perspectives on topical issues in conservation, rights, and development in Southern Africa.

The views in the guest author 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 an opinion piece, please refer our blog guidelines, and contact us.

Namibia

Community perspectives of empowerment from trophy hunting tourism in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park – Journal Of Sustainable Tourism. Authors: Thomsen et al. 2021

Posted on March 7, 2021

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Botswana SADC

Community Perceptions on the Socio-economic Impacts of Wildlife Tourism from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Botswana: The Case of Tsabong – African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 2020. Authors: R Lekgau and T Tichaawa

Posted on March 7, 2021

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Africa Afrique

Covid-19 and the collapse of tourism: Developing a platform concerned with sustaining conservation and communities in Africa – virtual consultation. Luc Hoffman Institute

Posted on March 7, 2021

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Biodiversity & Conservation

Statement by the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax on World Environment Day 2020

Posted on March 7, 2021

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Blog

World leaders must approach development with a fresh perspective to save wildlife By Maxwell Gomera

Posted on March 3, 2021

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Biodiversity & Conservation

Community Leaders Network SBSTTA Statement February 2021 Authors: Community Leaders Network (CLN)

Posted on February 23, 2021

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Biodiversity & Conservation

Savé Valley Conservancy: A Large-Scale African Experiment in Cooperative Wildlife Management – Earth. 2008 Authors: Lindsay et al

Posted on February 22, 2021

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Africa Afrique

Feared and Hated but Admired and Respected -The Status and Plight of the African Lion (Panthera Leo) in Sub Saharan Africa: A Pest facing extinction or a favourite Tourist Attraction – Daily Nation, Kenya 2013. Author: Mwelwa C. Musambachime

Posted on February 22, 2021

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Biodiversity

Nature, wealth, and power: Leveraging natural and social capital for resilient development – USAID 2013. Editors: J Anderson et al.

Posted on February 22, 2021

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Biodiversity

Understanding and responding to the environmental human rights defenders crisis: The case for conservation action – Conservation Letters, 2020. Authors: Peter Larsen et al

Posted on February 22, 2021

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CBNRM model

Rural development and the role of game farming in the Eastern Cape, South Africa -Elsevier 2017 Authors: Thijs Pasmans, Paul Hebinck

Posted on February 22, 2021

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Africa Afrique

Human-Wildlife Conflicts – Nature & Faune FAO Regional Office for Africa Vol. 21, Issue 2 2007. Editor: M. Laverdière Assistant Editors: L. Bakker, A. Ndeso-Atanga

Posted on February 22, 2021

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NEWS & RESOURCES

Our News Our Voices

Community perspectives of empowerment from trophy hunting tourism in Namibia’s Bwabwata National Park – Journal Of Sustainable Tourism. Authors: Thomsen et al. 2021

Community Perceptions on the Socio-economic Impacts of Wildlife Tourism from the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Botswana: The Case of Tsabong – African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure 2020. Authors: R Lekgau and T Tichaawa

Covid-19 and the collapse of tourism: Developing a platform concerned with sustaining conservation and communities in Africa – virtual consultation. Luc Hoffman Institute

Statement by the SADC Executive Secretary, Her Excellency Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax on World Environment Day 2020

World leaders must approach development with a fresh perspective to save wildlife By Maxwell Gomera

Community Leaders Network SBSTTA Statement February 2021 Authors: Community Leaders Network (CLN)

Savé Valley Conservancy: A Large-Scale African Experiment in Cooperative Wildlife Management – Earth. 2008 Authors: Lindsay et al

Feared and Hated but Admired and Respected -The Status and Plight of the African Lion (Panthera Leo) in Sub Saharan Africa: A Pest facing extinction or a favourite Tourist Attraction – Daily Nation, Kenya 2013. Author: Mwelwa C. Musambachime

Nature, wealth, and power: Leveraging natural and social capital for resilient development – USAID 2013. Editors: J Anderson et al.

Understanding and responding to the environmental human rights defenders crisis: The case for conservation action – Conservation Letters, 2020. Authors: Peter Larsen et al

Rural development and the role of game farming in the Eastern Cape, South Africa -Elsevier 2017 Authors: Thijs Pasmans, Paul Hebinck

Human-Wildlife Conflicts – Nature & Faune FAO Regional Office for Africa Vol. 21, Issue 2 2007. Editor: M. Laverdière Assistant Editors: L. Bakker, A. Ndeso-Atanga

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