Conservation (articles and reports)

[Matias]

For those interested in deepening knowledge, I present a very interesting report. Although its publication was in 2015, its effects will remain for many years ahead of it. Botswana is in turbulent times after the resignation of Ian Khama and his deputy Masisi impose many changes, deconstructing much of the legacy of Khama, with parliament's approval: return trophy hunting and communities can regulate the number of elephants on their land (slaughter), as a reaction to the problems of conflict, leading to deaths and impoverishment caused by the destruction of crops - a poorly understood relationship between which is cause and effect. In 2019 there will be elections, and dirty play is operating  to win votes.

It presents excellent data and realistic content of the problems caused by the high bushmeat rate in the Okavango region, with very clear conclusions about the causes and effects for the wild population as a whole, proposing a clear and objective path, namely through involvement of wild populations and communities in proposing a greater economic involvement with wildlife... makes an interesting observation: most hunters are those who own land and livestock, and do not directly face poverty, makes use of hunting only by the criterion of easy opportunity, and Criminal Law is soft, and the meat used, even when it is not used commercially, replaces the need to use its domestic cattle (demystifies that poverty is the reason hunting). Another finding is that the biggest victims are not the big animals (buffaloes, giraffes and elephants). Excellent document, a more comprehensive reality about conservation issues that the entire Okavango is going through, including its formally unprotected area.

Title: Illegal Bushmeat hunting In the Okavango Delta, Botswana (DrIvers, Impacts and potentIal solutions)

Author: FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

CO-PATROCINADOR: PANTHERA, BOTSWANA PREDADOR CONSERVATION TRUST

Link: http://www.fao.org/3/a-bc611e.pdf

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