Honey for Money, But Bees Need Trees
By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways: * Public ownership of wildlife has become the norm as the rights, capacities, and confidence of local communities to manage forests, wildlife, and fisheries have decayed. * Public governance is historically dominant but is overstretched and underperforming. * Regulations are worse than worthless unless they can be
The Save Valley Conservancy, situated in the southeast lowveld of Zimbabwe, was established in 1992 during the worst regional drought in a century. At the time, the land comprised several individual cattle ranches. The drought bankrupted many of these ranchers, forcing them to sell their land. The Duckworth family, in
The management of the Lugenda Foundation, based in the Lugenda Wildlife Reserve (LUWIRE) in the Niassa Special Reserve of Northern Mozambique, is exploring how to change community mindsets. They want to address the issues that create barriers to community success in food security and livelihood options. It is a fact
Theodore Roosevelt hunted and collected thousands of animals. He also saved more wildlife habitat than any American president before or since. This apparent paradox must be examined in the context of conservation today. During his presidency from 1901 to 1909, Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed 230 million acres of public land as