Tag: wildlife management

trophy hunting

Divergent views on trophy hunting in Africa, and what this may mean for research and policy

Resource Africa September 21, 2021 0 Comments
Divergent views on trophy hunting in Africa, and what this may mean for research and policy - article by Shaya van Houdt, Richard P. Brown, Thomas C. Wanger, Wayne Twine, Richard Fynn, Kenneth Uiseb, Rosie Cooney, Lochran W. Traill An article that appeared on September 14, 2021 in the scientific journal Conservation Letters, authors Shaya van Houdt et al published the findings of an...
African conservation

African conservation: a wake-up call

Resource Africa October 15, 2020 0 Comments
In this opinion piece, Richard Maasdorp calls on Africans to challenge the idea that international organisations or donors have solutions to the continent’s conservation problems that are in some way superior to our own. Diverse situations requiring unique solutions, writes Maasdorp, adding that fixed and polarised attitudes to African conservation remain a major impediment to robust,...
black rhino

US allows the import of a black rhino trophy hunted in Namibia

Resource Africa June 03, 2020 0 Comments
Summary:  Associated Press reported in September, 2019 that the Trump administration would issue a permit to a Michigan trophy hunter to import the skin, skull and horns from a rare black rhinoceros he shot in Africa. Chris D. Peyerk applied last year for the permit required by the Fish and Wildlife Service to import animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.  He paid $400,000 to an...
trophy hunting

The Elephant Debate: upholding democracy, human rights and conservation

Resource Africa May 17, 2020 0 Comments
This article by Masego Madzwamuse and Liz Rihoy, was published 01 March 2019 in Mmegi - an online and weekly print English language newspaper in Botswana. It is part of a number of opinion pieces on the Elephant Debate. For decades Botswana has maintained an enviable international reputation as an ‘African miracle’ due in large part to its robust democracy, sound governance systems and...