African Wildlife Economy Colloquium
Stellenbosch University
South Africa
Registration
Online participation - Please register here to join online
In-person participation - seating is very limited & there is now a waiting list - Please make a request here
The African Wildlife Economy Colloquium is a forward-looking event designed to bring together leading experts, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to explore and unlock the potential of Africa's wildlife economy.
The Colloquium is hosted by the African Wildlife Economy Institute, Stellenbosch University in partnership with
We have endeavoured to design a forward-looking meeting that builds on presentations of research and projects and leads into interactive panel discussions on priorities for impactful research and projects to unlock and scale up Africa's wildlife economy. The general sessions are as follows:
Day 1Mon 04 Nov - 12:00-18:30 Session 1 Enabling laws and policies for the wildlife economy Session 2 Standards and certification for sustainable wildlife use Session 3 Special panel on liberalising intra-African wildlife trade Reception |
Day 2Tue 05 Nov - 08:00-19:30 Session 4 Fostering equitable wildlife economies Session 5 Towards a sustainable wild meat sector Session 6 Special panel on the ethics of hunting Session 7 Wild health for people and ecosystems Session 8 Governance in wildlife economies Braai |
Day 3Wed 06 Nov - 08:00-13:30 Session 9 Landscape approaches to wildlife enterprise Session 10 Financing the wildlife economy Session 11 Special panel on action for resilient wildlife economies |
Full programme to follow
As the Colloquium will be streamed online, videos of the sessions will also be made available afterwards.
We are planning to publish a compendium of the abstracts and are exploring opportunities to publish some or all of the papers together in a volume or a special edition of a journal.
Any questions? Any suggestions? Please contact us at awei@sun.ac.za.
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