Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper reports on the Mucheni Community Conservancy, a Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Sustainable Wildlife Management programme that is building on CAMPFIRE –
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Former colonial powers seeking to pass laws that threaten the rights and livelihoods of rural African communities and their wildlife, need to consider this impact and hear what Africans have to say about it first.
The Community Leaders Network recently sent a complaint to the Charity Commission in the UK about certain public campaigns against conservation hunting in Africa.
Founder members of the Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN) met in Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek at Avani Hotels from 18-22 October to formalize the network.
by Liberty Chauke, CLN member
I was seated listening to the melodious and whistling sounds of birds in the forest. Memories of childhood popped in and took me down memory lane. I grew up in the most respected royal family in
In an article published on July 27, Financial Times correspondent, Joseph Cotterill reports on one of the Khoi and San communities in South Africa’s
The 2021 theme for World Oceans Day is The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods. With marine resources especially important for the coastal communities in Africa, the ocean is vital for countless livelihoods on the continent and throughout the globe.
PRESS RELEASE: Southern Africa Community Leaders Challenge Sir Ranulph Fiennes on Trophy Imports ban
Misinformation ignores African voices and right to thrive, not just survive – states the Community Leaders Network of southern Africa.
Leave no voice unheard! Sustainable use of biodiversity is a human rights issue in Africa
A Statement by the Community Leaders Network
CLN will be represented at the information sessions for Convention on Biological Diversity SBSTTA-24
A delegation of the Community Leaders Network (CLN) is attending the virtual informal sessions in preparation for the Convention on Biological Diversity SBSTTA-24 and will have their voices heard through a statement on Africans’ rights to sustainably use their natural resources under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.