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Conservation - Rhino Horn and Ivory: a sensitive issue

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The article portrays well the temporal issue of poaching in the Okavango region. The notorious tourist area of The Chief's Island has seen a large number of rhinos poached over the past 12 months. The rhinos in this area are more concerned with tourist issues - an animal that aggregates recipes, but that on two occasions have been extirpated and returned.

Last year the Joubert couple suffered serious accusations (LINK). Both are references in conservation, but something doesn't smell right.

Mr. Keabetswe Newel's central argument is simple, just show me the existence of a formal lease or permit, with the Botswana Tourism Organization or the Tawana Land Board (NG23A concession). Is it up to Mr. Joubert to just present the documents or not? And it continues with the same rhetoric, demonstrating that the NG23 concession also operates without a formal contract, either with the Botswana Tourism Organization or with the Okavango Community Trust.

The network of benefits obtained from wildlife films is not being tested. The National Geographic channel plays a very important role in raising awareness, where your films are the only contact for millions of people in the wild. This fact does not promote any right for Mr. Joubert to obtain favors and other non-formalized public benefits.

In Khama's time, the couple enjoyed countless benefits and made up the government's propaganda network. The rural population suffers a huge range of losses, while tourist camps enjoyed extensive state protection. I think it is unfortunate to reach this point, but it is possible that, in his time in government, Masisi promotes a better balance between communities and tourism enterprises run by foreigners. He was elected because he promised to review a series of issues on which communities (CBNRM) claimed change.

I understand the sensitivity of the matter made public. I am not against or in favor of Joubert, the same for Khama or Masisi. 

Closing my eyes doesn't seem prudent, after all "it's not enough to do the right thing, it also has to look right".

In terms of conservation it is good to have rhinos in the Okavango, but at the time of great demand for horns in the Asian market, every effort can be in vain. As long as demand is high, rhinos cannot be left free to roam. The only rhinos that survive far from fences are in northwestern Namibia, which are very well supervised by rural communities that benefit from ecological tourism and regulated hunting in their  communities conservancies. Result of the empowerment, receiving effective income from their conservation.
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RE: Conservation - Rhino Horn and Ivory: a sensitive issue - Matias - 05-23-2020, 07:30 AM



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