Declaration: Voices of the Communities: A New Deal for rural communities and wildlife and natural resources
In June, 2019, at Africa’s Wildlife Economy Summit, hosted by the African Union and United Nat…
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Press Release: Celebrity campaigns undermine human rights and conservation
“Local people’s rights to make a living by sustainably using their land and wildlife are enshr…
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Open Letter: Celebrity campaigns undermine successful conservation and human rights
Over fifty community leaders from southern Africa have issued a powerful open letter to UK-based cel…
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Webinar: Covid-19: Sustainability & Remodelling of Wildlife Sector
The March/April 2020 editi0n of IUCN SULi Digest featured some of the many articles circulating on C…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
Consumptive vs. non-consumptive tourism – NAPHA. Denker 2019-04
The author, Hagen Denker, in an article that appeared on the NAPHA (Namibia Professional Hunters Ass…
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Video: Voices from the Frontline: Communities and Livelihoods in Botswana
Produced by The Conservation Imperative, this 60-minute documentary follows Jack Ramsden, a young ca…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefits – Luc Hoffman Institute. Author: Melissa de Kock. 10.2019
In her ‘thought piece’ entitled Looking beyond hunting and tourism for community benefit…
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Video: Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action
“Sustainable Futures – Communities in Action”, a documentary produced by the Commu…
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COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers
COVID-19-led ban on wild meat could take protein off the table for millions of forest dwellers ̵…
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The IUCN and trophy hunting – a response to the “ethics” attack on hunting
A response in African Sustainable Conservation News dated October 9, 2019 to a published piece on th…
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Biodiversity & Conservation
The Dangers of Extrapolation – Hunting Revenues and Local Communities – CIC. 10-2019
Extract: The term ‘fake news’ has become popularized over the last few years. The term refers to in…
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Biodiversity
Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted since 1970 – The Guardian. Author: Damian Carrington. 10.2019
Extract: Populations of UK’s most important wildlife have plummeted by an average of 60% since 1970.…
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View the latest blogs from the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN). Clicking on the blog titles below will take you to the CLN site.
- Communities in Botswana are looking to grow their hunting market and therefore jumped at the chance to send two representatives […]
- This conference in Lusaka, Zambia on 9-11 December 2024 brought together community leaders, government officials, policymakers development partners and academics […]
- Crop farmers living around Kasungu National Park now pay five times as much for a bag of synthetic fertiliser than […]
- Maria is a widow living on the edge of Kasungu National Park in Malawi. After her husband passed away, she […]
- Towns and villages within the Cubango/Okavango Basin in Angola are developing quickly, but is this sustainable? The concept of sustainable […]
- The Zimbabwean government recently announced its intention to cull 200 of its 95,000 elephants to feed its people. Communities living […]