Research & Resources

Research and Resources

Explore our library of scientific papers, journal articles, online and print reports from scholars, institutions, practitioners and journalists addressing topics around local community rights, sustainable use, CBNRM, rights-based conservation, rural livelihoods, wildlife trade, climate change and post-COVID futures in rural Africa.

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Complementary benefits of tourism and hunting to communal conservancies in Namibia – Conservation Biology. Authors: Naidoo et al. 2016

Tags: communal lands, community based conservation, financial benefits, hunting ban, in-kind benefits, rights-based conservation, stakeholders

Jan 17, 2021

Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond – Nature, Ecology & Evolution 10-2020 Authors, Lindsey, Roe, Dickman et al

Tags: African conservation, conservation funding, pandemic, wildlife, wildlife trade

Celebrity power undermining global conservation efforts, scientists warn

Celebrity power undermining global conservation efforts, scientists warn Finally, the voices of Africa’s rural communities are being heard. Congratulations Alex Morss on an important article. Delighted you’re hearing the voices of rural communities and for having the courage to produce this balanced, well-researched article on the lived reality of African people. Read the article here

Tags: animal welfare, Biodiversity Africa, celebrity campaigns, conservation, Environmental activism, let Africans decide, news, Protest, wildlife

Jan 16, 2021

The Achilles Heel of Conservation – There is a ceiling in conservation science, particularly in Africa – Ilizwe.co.za Author: Merlyn Nomusa Nkomo 2020-06

Tags: access, Africa, African perspectives, blackbirders, conservation, nature

Jan 13, 2021

Nature as a Human Right: Human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment – UN General Assembly Report. 2020-07

Tags: covid-19, global nature emergency, one health, one health initiative, zoonotic disease

Building support for protected areas using a “One Health” perspective. Authors: Osofsky et al 2020

Tags: one health, one health paradigm, pandemic, protected areas, rural livelihoods, wildlife, wildlife/livestock interface, zoonotic diseases

Jan 11, 2021

The Impacts of Conservation and Militarization on Indigenous Peoples: A Southern African San Perspective – Human Nature Robert K. Hitchcock 2019-03

Tags: colonial coercion, community based conservation, conservation, e !Xun, equitable treatment, genocide, human rights, indigenous rights, Khwe Sa, miltarisation of conservation, protected areas, San people, shoot-to-kill, social activism, warfare

What do you know about conservation and human rights? Authors: Newing, Perram 2019

Tags: indigenous peoples rights, Local communities rights, rights-based conservation

Contested Conservation implications for rights democratisation and citizenship – Authors: Madzwamuse, Rihoy, Louis 2020

Tags: Animal protection, Campaign, Citizenship, Governance, Inclusive conservation, Militarization, Natural resources, Policy, Rights, Social media

Rights-Based Conservation: The path to preserving Earth’s biological and cultural diversity? – Rights and Resources Initiative. 11-2020

Tags: biodiversity conservation, de-colonize conservation, human rights, IPLC Rights, IPs, key biodiversity areas, LCs, rights-based conservation

Understanding and responding to the environmental human rights defenders crisis: The case for conservation action – Conservation Letters. Authors: Larsen et al. 2020-08

Tags: civil society, conservation conflict, environmental defenders, extractivism, global biodiversityframework, Governance, human rights, social policy, violence

The global conservation movement is diverse but not divided – Think Like A Human. Authors: Sandbrook et al. 2019

Tags: biodiversity, conservation, diversity, future of conservation, markets, neoliberal, new conservation, wildlife

Jan 10, 2021

The Growing Involvement Of Foreign NGOs In Setting Policy Agendas And Political Decision-Making In Africa – Author: Mike Norton-Griffiths 2010

Tags: case studies, CSOs, kenya, NGO Governance, NGOs, rights and representation

Neo colonialism and greed: African’s views on trophy hunting in social media – Journal of Sustainable Tourism. Author: Mkono 2019

Tags: African perspectives, Cecil the lion, consumptive vs non consumptive tourism, Facebook, let Africans decide, rights-based conservation, Social media, Southern Africa, tourism, trophy hunting

CITES Frustrates Southern African States – Again! African Hunting Gazette (The Wildlife Game.) Author: John Ledger 2019-12

Tags: African charismatic large mammals, CITES, CoP18, decolonising conservation, elephant range states

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