cbnrm | Community Leaders Network

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024

Misguided Melanie Verwoerd Does Not Speak for Africa: Communities Defend Conservation Rights

The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN), representing over 20 million

individuals across twelve Southern African nations, stands as the authentic voice of the

communities engaged in and affected by sustainable conservation practices. CLN operates with

the vision that wildlife resources should directly benefit the rural populations who share their land

with and steward these resources. Trophy hunting, when ethically managed, is integral to this

vision, as it provides essential socio-economic benefits and finances local conservation efforts.

I woman with a basket on her head walks along a tarred road.

April 21, 2023December 4, 2023

Improving Governance of Community Wildlife Management Areas in a key Wildlife Corridor in Tanzania

Community Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Tanzania are lands designated for wildlife conservation and managed by rural communities. Every five years, the villages associated with particular WMAs elect leaders to run their Community-Based Organisation (CBO) that is recognised by government as an Authorised Association mandated to manage their WMAs. Well-managed WMAs should achieve the twin goals of wildlife conservation and generating socio-economic benefits for community members.

in CBNRM / Tanzania / Wildlife Economies

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

CLN Annual Report 2022

The Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa (CLN) has participated in various national, regional and international fora during the year 2022, leaving significant impacts at every one of them. All these activities are in line with CLN’s mandate of ensuring that community members who actually live with wildlife on a daily basis are consulted in all decisions regarding management of wildlife and other natural resources. Community members participated at events such as CITES CoP19, CBD CoP15, APAC, UNEA 5 – amongst others.

Detailed report of activities can be accessed here: CLN Annual Report 2022

in In the Media / Publications

September 5, 2022

Summary Report: Community Leaders Network of Southern Africa CLN Namibia Workshop 18-22 October 2021

The key objective of the CLN workshop, held in October 2021, was to formalise the Community Leaders Network, and thus create greater opportunities for creating partnerships, fundraising, sharing lessons

in Blog / Community Voices / Publications

September 4, 2022

Campfire inspires Mozambique’s sustainable wildlife management success story

In an article published in the Zimbabwe newspaper, The Chronicle, Emmanuel Koro examines the how Mozambique’s return to international hunting after the 1977-1992 civil war has become an international hunting model with a promising future.

in Blog / CBNRM / Wildlife Economies

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022

A rights-based approach to post-COVID tourism recovery in Malawi?

When COVID19 spread across the globe in 2020, disrupting international and regional tourism, it was the small-scale participants benefitting from tourism activities who were most critically affected.

in African Conservation / Human Wildlife Conflict / Wildlife Economies

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Let Africans Decide. Episode 1: an interview with Dr. Shylock Muyengwa

Host Dr. Moreangels Mbizah chats with Dr Shlock Muyengwa, about origins, the principles and practice of community based natural resource management or CBNRM in Africa.

in In the Media / Videos

February 8, 2022March 7, 2022

Rural Namibians respond to hunting campaigns – Current Conservation

“We depend on generating income from elephant hunting which we invest back into the conservation of the species. If we stop hunting elephants, poaching will rise because the conservancy will not have any income to contribute the livelihood of its community.

in Blog / CBNRM

A Namibian game guard filling in his event book.

October 8, 2021April 8, 2024

Understanding the Kunene Wildlife Numbers

An article submitted by the Namibian Association of CBNRM Organisations (NACSO) was published in The Namibian on 7 October 2021. The article is based on a broader research piece, published here:

in Blog / Case studies / Sustainable Use

A woman carries assorted plants on her head.

September 8, 2021February 28, 2022

Sustainable Use of Wildlife: It’s the Law!

Resource Africa (RA) recently launched a policy position paper entitled Indigenous Flora and Fauna, African Resources for African People, wherein we argued for the inclusion of the sustainable use of wildlife into the UN Convention of Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Nagoya Protocol.

in In the Media / Videos