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How The Truth On Community Wildlife Conservation In Namibia Is Twisted
April 1, 2019 In April 2019 - Volume I-2, Editorial, Regional News, Rural Communities & Livelihoods By Gerhard R Damm

How The Truth On Community Wildlife Conservation In Namibia Is Twisted

By Gerhard R Damm

On February 26th, 2019 Mongabay.com (‘News & Inspiration from Nature’s Frontline’) published an unusually long article called “It pays, but does it stay? Hunting in Namibia’s community conservation system”, replete with photos, graphs, statistics and videos. In it, the author, John Grobler, heaped scathing criticism on Namibia’s Wildlife Conservation Model.READ MORE

Hunters And Their Wild Harvest
April 1, 2019 In April 2019 - Volume I-2, Editorial By Gerhard R Damm

Hunters And Their Wild Harvest

By Gerhard R Damm

For most of human history, and before large-scale farming, wild game made up a large portion of mankind’s diet. Until about 10,000 years ago, domesticated animals did not exist and, throughout the preceding millennia, our ancestors had but one option to obtain essential proteins: They had to hunt wild animals. Meat from wild game provided the proteins that made us human.READ MORE