RURAL COMMUNITIES & LIVELIHOODS

July 1, 2020

How Many Leopards are in Namibia? Understanding the science, countering the critics

By Gail C. Thomson (formerly Potgieter)

READ TIME 9 MINS
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Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan completed a national leopard study in March 2019 after 18 months of collating and analyzing data from all over Namibia. This study was treated with extreme prejudice on social media even before it began, and detractors continue to question it now that her report is published. Are these criticisms valid? Is there any evidence that this study tried to overestimate leopard numbers or otherwise misrepresent the results to appease the hunting industry? READ MORE

By Gail C. Thomson (formerly Potgieter)
July 1, 2020

“The Namibian Leopard: National Census & Sustainable Hunting Practices”

By Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan

READ TIME 9 MINS
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An overview of the Namibian leopard study—18 months of collecting, collating and analyzing data from all over the country, elaborated with the assistance of many people, institutions and organizations. Richmond-Coggan’s 184-page report gives stakeholders the factual and scientific basis for a sustainable leopard management system. READ MORE

By Dr. Louisa Richmond-Coggan
January 1, 2020

How hunting black rhino contributes to conservation in Namibia

By Dr. Chris Brown and Gail C. Potgieter (on behalf of the Namibian Chamber of Environment’s 64 conservation-organization members)

READ TIME 5 MINS
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A strong argument for continuing to hunt male black rhino—to increase the funding of conservation of the species, reduce rhino poaching, increase rhino population growth, safeguard the genetic integrity of Namibia’s black rhino and respect the rights and needs of rural communities.READ MORE

By Dr. Chris Brown and Gail C. Potgieter (on behalf of the Namibian Chamber of Environment’s 64 conservation-organization members)
October 1, 2019

Protectionist NGOs Obstruct Real Conservation–And the Dunning-Kruger Effect keeps them in power

By Gerhard R. Damm

READ TIME 9 MINS
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Through social media, protectionist NGOs are flourishing. Anti-hunting groups broadly refuse—or refute—scientific research and often ignore socio-economic factors while collecting millions in donations and saddling range states and rural communities with high conservation costs. It doesn’t have to be this way.READ MORE

By Gerhard R. Damm
October 1, 2019

Trophy Hunting Bans Imperil Biodiversity

By By Amy Dickman, Rosie Cooney, Paul J. Johnson, Maxi Pia Louis, Dilys Roe and 128 signatories

READ TIME 4 MINS
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International scientists—many of them non-hunters—argue there is compelling evidence that ending trophy hunting risks land conversion and biodiversity loss. Trophy hunting can provide income for marginalized and impoverished rural communities. Effective hunting reforms should be prioritized over bans.READ MORE

By By Amy Dickman, Rosie Cooney, Paul J. Johnson, Maxi Pia Louis, Dilys Roe and 128 signatories
October 1, 2019

The Latest on Angola’s Giant Sable

By Pedro vaz Pinto

READ TIME 8 MINS
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Since 2003, Pedro vaz Pinto has worked to conserve the giant or royal sable (Hippotragus niger variani, better known in Angola as Palanca Negra). This is his latest report from the Cangandala and Luando reserves, where, thanks to his relentless efforts, this enigmatic antelope still thrives.READ MORE

By Pedro vaz Pinto
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