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Listen to this clip of the Community Leaders Network (CLN) statement delivered by CLN Coordinator, Ms. Maxi Pia Louis,
In the latest of Resource Africa’s series Let Africans Decide video series, Dr. Moreangels Mbizah, a member of the Community Leaders Network, reflects on her journey in wildlife conservation – from Zimbabwe’s Lowveld to Oxford University and back – and emphasises the need for diverse approaches
On 8 December the Community Leaders Network and Resource Africa wrote to the editor of The Times, a UK newspaper. Both letters detailed strong objections to an editorial that The Times had published the day before.
On International Human Rights Day, we celebrate Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. At long last the world is increasingly hearing their voices, acknowledging their rights to sustainably manage their resources, and respecting their ecological knowledge.
In this groundbreaking video, community leaders speaking on behalf of millions of people from eight southern African countries call for immediate action to address continuing injustices preventing people in southern Africa from exercising their rights to manage and conserve the wildlife on their land.
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This episode of Into The Wild podcast features three Namibians, among them Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO) director Maxi Louis whose organisation supports communities
In June of this year, a group of youth leaders and young conservationists in Zimbabwe participated in a webinar entitled Building a Wildlife Economy on the critical importance of rights in ensuring species conservation.
By Liz Rihoy and Malan Lindeque • Op-ed The Daily Maverick 14 April 2019
Two competing ideological narratives have emerged in African wildlife conservation. The one is based on so- called ‘compassionate conservation’, aligned with the mostly Western animal rights movement,