1 - Wild Food recording
Exploring East Africa's Wildlife Economy - a six-part dialogue series
This dialogue focuses on the sustainable use of wild animals and plants for food.
Webinar recording
- Dr Wiseman Ndlovu
Programmes Manager and Postdoc Fellow
African Wildlife Economy Institute, Stellenbosch University
in conversation with
- Mr Richard Vigne
Director
School of Wildlife Conservation, African Leadership University
| A 60-minute discussion on Thursday 16 May starting at 12 noon EAT |
| Welcome and topic setting by the facilitator |
| Opening remarks by the guest speakers |
| Facilitated discussion based on preprepared questions and inputs from the participants |
| Wrap up by the facilitator |
The CBD'S Voluntary Guidance for a Sustainable Wild Meat Sector notes that
Wild meat has long served as a source of nutrition for millions of people in many regions of the world, in both developed and developing countries. For example, in some rural communities in tropical developing countries, wild meat has been found to provide almost all of the protein in the diet.
A more recent CBD decision (15/23) calls on governments
To collaborate with all relevant actors and stakeholders in order to promote the mainstreaming of the sustainable use of biodiversity, in particular that of wild species, into all relevant sectors
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