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The theme of World Oceans Day 2024 on 8 June is “Awaken New Depths”. A key topic is the…
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As the Wildlife Economy Institute (AWEI) continues to grow and expand its reach, we have decided to produce…
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Through a landscape approach to the development of Africa’s wildlife economy, we are part of…
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Building dams and planting trees to curb flood damage in Nigeria
20 Oct 2022 Floods in Nigeria: building dams and planting trees among steps that should be taken to curb the damage Nigerians are no strangers to flooding. In some parts of the country, flooding is an...
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Rethinking Tourism
27 Sep 2022 World Tourism Day is dedicated to promoting tourism in various regions of the world. The United Nations World Trade Organization (UNWTO) established the day, which has been observed every...
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Could liberalising rhino trade be a pathway to preventing extinction?
22 Sep 2022 At the upcoming 19th Conference of the Parties (COP), Namibia is asking for its white rhinos to join South Africa and Eswatini on Appendix II, and Eswatini is asking that the trade...
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Why are rhinos important for ecosystems?
22 Sep 2022 Most people understand that the poaching of rhinos is cruel and could, quite possibly, drive rhinos to extinction. But why the inordinate fuss about rhinos? Are they special enough from an...
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South Africa’s Biodiversity Economy: A Contentious Promise?
16 Sept 2022 International conservation finance actors (ICFAs), as dominant stakeholders in South Africa’s conservation landscape, have an ambiguous relation to consumptive sustainable use. This...
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Make Biodiversity Great Again
09 Sep 2022 Like Trumpism, the South African White Paper on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of South Africa’s Biodiversity harks backwards to an imagined age using fact-free arguments. Making a...
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