| |||||||||||||
|
ALERT Communities Trust (ACT) and Conservation Centre for Wild Africa (CCWA)
|
|
Issues in Lion Conservation Over the coming months we will start to build a selection of articles with the intention of giving you some background to some of the issues facing lion conservation. Much debate exists over these issues and we hope to present you with a broad view of each so you can make up your own mind. Canned Hunting vs Hunting of Wild Lions? The issue of canned hunting is a hugely debated and emotive one. Here ALERT consultant ecologist Dr. Pieter Kat looks at the issue from the viewpoint of whether canned operations are helping to protect wild lions from being hunted, and if so, is this an evil worth tolerating. To read the full article, click here. Hunting as Conservation? Despite an acknowledged dramatic decline in the numbers of African lions, trophy hunters insist their activities contribute to the overall conservation of the species. But is there any truth in these claims? To read the full article, click here. Can Compensation Schemes Work? A number of efforts are being made towards introducing viable compensation schemes to repay communities who lose livestock to predators in order gain support for predator populations. But can such schemes work in the long term? To read the full article, click here. Does Community Involvement in Conservation Provide an Alternative to Fortress Conservation? Engaging communities as the protectors and benefactors of wildlife is the latest in a string of conservation methods to rise to the fore; but do these programs offer a new solution to the age old and more recent challenges? To read the full article, click here.
Are Transfrontier Conservation Areas the Saviours of Africa's Wildlife? On the face of it there seems to be a strong logic behind the idea of TFCAs but can they really deliver on the promises and are there negative consequences to such actions? To read the full article, click here.
|
|
