Indigenous Rooibos tea farmers seek a fairer deal
South Africa’s indigenous rooibos tea farmers seek a fairer deal – Financial Times repor…
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A New Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030: 1st Detailed Draft Agreement Debuts
Press Release: A New Global Framework for Managing Nature Through 2030: 1st Detailed Draft Agreement…
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Flying elephants to Africa would be foolish meddling – The Times July 9 by Graham Boynton
Flying elephants to Africa would be foolish meddling. by Graham Boynton The Times July 9, 2021 In an…
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Communities lash out at Born Free Foundation – The Namibian Sun
Community leaders across southern Africa have lodged a formal complaint against the Born Free Founda…
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Pandemic prevention should not victimise Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
Pandemic prevention should not victimise Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities In a new paper pub…
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Mongabay: Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation Q&A with Colleen Beg
Reckoning with elitism and racism in conservation From Mongabay.com – Rhett A Butler in conver…
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Press Release: UK Charity raises funds at expense of Africans
Press Release: UK Charity raises funds at expense of Africans 28.6.2021: For Immediate Release from …
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Dr Kenneth David Kaunda 1924 – 2021
Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, the first president of Zambia and a fervent advocate for sustainable natural res…
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought <br> — 2021
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. Restoration. Land. Recovery. Today, June 17 2021 is…
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Is the notion of sustainable use of biodiversity a legal principle of international law?
Is the notion of sustainable use of biodiversity a legal principle of international law? by Prof Ade…
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Endangered: Small scale fishermen and the African penguin?
The 2021 theme for World Oceans Day is The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods. With marine resources especi…
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Organisation key for local community youth to have a say on environmental decision making
Organisation key for local community youth to have a say on environmental decision-making by Bupe Ba…
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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 […]