Transforming African conservation from old social cause into next-gen growth market
On the surface it would seem that time is running short for African wildlife, but one Ghanaian entre…
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Global wildlife trade higher than thought
Extract: In an article on October 7, 2019, BBC science and environment writer Helen Briggs reported …
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Antique dealers, ivory and a ‘fantastic day for elephants’
Summary: In November, 2019 The Guardian reported that antique dealers had failed in an attempt to ov…
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Sustainable use in the Greater Kruger
The blog, written by Lindie Botha and entitled Sustainable Use in the Greater Kruger, with the tagli…
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US allows the import of a black rhino trophy hunted in Namibia
Summary: Associated Press reported in September, 2019 that the Trump administration would issue a p…
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Lion bones weighing 342 kg seized at OR Tambo Airport, Johannesburg
Summary: The BBC reported on 4th October, 2019 that South African officials had seized 342kg (754lb)…
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Khama to host international conference on poaching and human wildlife conflict
In a Press Release dated February 3, 2020 and published in Botswana’s newspaper The Parrot Onl…
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Advocacy Activities
Summary of the sixty-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee: 27 November to 1 December, 2017
Earth Negotiations Bulletin – A Reporting Service for Environment and Development Negotiations…
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Yahoo Japan ends trade of ivory
Al Jazeera reported the decision by Yahoo Japan to end the trade of ivory from November, 2019. The a…
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How conservation investment could be a lifeline for endangered species
The Financial Times published this article about conservation investment in November, 2019. Read th…
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Zambia NCRBA calls for suspension of trophy hunting until communities receive funds owed
Published in Africa Geographic September 26, 2019. Read the article here Summary: Africa Geographic …
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South Africa’s proposal to CITES on White and Black Rhino
Summary: The South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, r…
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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 […]