Imagine an approach to wildlife conservation that allows wildlife populations to flourish, respects the rights of local and indigenous peoples to determine their own future, and helps reduce poverty and inequality.
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World leaders must approach development with a fresh perspective to save wildlife
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.
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,