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Botswana
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A tale of two villages: community perspectives on the impact of Botswana’s trophy hunting ban
How does a trophy hunting ban affect people who live alongside wildlife? Helen Muller reports on her conversations with local people in Botswana
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Impacts of trophy hunting – lessons from the hunting ban in Botswana
Trophy hunting has played a role in conservation in Africa for decades but calls to ban it are growing. What this would mean for wildlife, ecosystems and local communities is unclear. To ensure such decisions do not have unintended consequences, we need better understanding of what the impacts might be
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Mainstreaming biodiversity and development: Namibia workshop coverage
Coverage of the third NBSAP 2.0 workshop in Namibia in July 2014 that considered what successful mainstreaming of biodiversity and development would look like
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Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
With the Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May, a new biodiversity project highlights its importance and draws out tensions that arise when biodiversity is put at the centre of development policies.
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Helping parliaments across the Southern African Customs Union region address climate change
Parliamentarians can play a key role in building climate resilience by bringing constituents' concerns into national forums, scrutinising how governments are responding to domestic and global climate change issues, and ensuring policy continuity
