Prosper through nature
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Earthmind retweeted
Wildlife protection must account for communities who depend on wild meat for food and income.
Research from 12+ countries examines how sustainable, fair use can support global biodiversity targets.
Read ahead of #COP17Armenia 🔗: bit.ly/4BhhJZO
#SWMProgramme #Landscapes4Life
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A year on from IUCN's World Conservation Congress, now is the time for the IUCN Council to get on with the Member's request for a “workplan on mainstreaming the sustainable use of wild species into the Union’s work.”
Short read: earthmind.org/mainstreaming-…
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An elephant tramples a farmer's crops. Tourists pay to see it. Lodges, airlines, and the state earn from it. The farmer gets nothing.
Tinotenda Bhunu asks who benefits from conservation in Africa, and why property rights matter.
buff.ly/CzmW6Ni #WildlifeEconomy
ALT A lone African elephant walks beside a dirt road while safari vehicles watch; overlaid headline asks who benefits from wildlife conservation in Africa and what role property rights could play, credited to Tinotenda Bhunu.
Perhaps we could we rethink IUCN's mission in terms of its definition of conservation in Caring for the Earth as "the management of human use of organisms or ecosystems to ensure such use is sustainable."
GBF Targets 5 & 9 focus on the sustainable use of wild species. IUCN's 2025 Annual Report shows that less than 1% of its portfolio contributes to these targets - an uncomfortably small allocation for an issue at the heart of IUCN’s mission.
Short article: earthmind.org/has-iucn-forgo…
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GBF Targets 5 & 9 focus on the sustainable use of wild species. IUCN's 2025 Annual Report shows that less than 1% of its portfolio contributes to these targets - an uncomfortably small allocation for an issue at the heart of IUCN’s mission.
Short article: earthmind.org/has-iucn-forgo…
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18 African exhibitors of wild-harvested ingredients at in-Cosmetics Global Paris 2026. Only three held FairWild certification.
One was Namib Desert Oils, cold-pressing !Nara, marula, and mongongo oils in Swakopmund.
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#WildlifeEconomy #NamibDesertOils
This webinar is sure to be most interesting.
📢 Join us on 15 Sept (9:30–11:00 a.m. EDT) for the webinar Developing Trade Policies Supportive of Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use hosted in partnership with UN Trade and Development (@UNCTAD ).
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/BiodiversityTrad…
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What does success in wildlife management actually look like? That is the question at #SAWMA2026. This week AWEI's Kumbirai Takawira presented on wild meat value chains, and Dr Michael 't Sas-Rolfes on rhinos and conservation values. buff.ly/YdxUN3x #WildlifeEconomy
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#COP17Mongolia #United4Land With many agenda items blocked and agreement on others, including migration and drought, unattainable, Parties persevered and adopted 34 decisions on rangelands and pastoralists, sand and dust storms, and land tenure. #UNCCD
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After a week of late nights, the meeting closed in the early hours on Saturday. Parties celebrated progress on rangelands and pastoralists, while many voiced concern over stalled progress on drought and migration.
🔗 enb.iisd.org/convention-comb…
#UNCCD #COP17Mongolia #IYRP2026
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An unseen elephant in the room.
The 46th SADC Summit produced 38 communiqué points, none mentioning wildlife. Yet the new Tourism UNIVISA and non-tariff barrier reforms will shape southern Africa's wildlife economy.
Our analysis of Durban 2026:
wildlifeeconomy.info/article…
#SADC
While UNCCD has traditionally focused on desertification, land degradation, and drought, COP17 places rangelands and pastoralists firmly at the centre of the agenda...
earthmind.org/rangelands-wil…
Oddly, GEO-7 says very little about the sustainable use of biodiversity, which is a core objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), and about the sustainable use of wild species as called for in GBF Targets 5 and 9.
earthmind.org/geo-7-and-the-…
Sustainable use of wild species is an important measure for conserving rangeland ecosystems. #UNCCDCOP17
Rangelands sustain biodiversity, livelihoods & food security worldwide.
During #UNCCDCOP17, we’re highlighting GEF-funded rangeland projects, starting with STELARR: $2M from @theGEF to benefit 570,000 people. Implemented by @IUCN.
#GEFatLandCOP17
"The good news is that sustainable use is now clearly under discussion within the CBD process..." earthmind.org/sustainable-us…
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At @UNCCD #COP17Mongolia, a new campaign brings to life a powerful story.
A single thread tells a powerful story: a story of nature restored, livelihoods sustained, & value created.
Join the Thread. go.undp.org/GMP
@UNDP @UNDPplanet @theGEF @UNDPMongolia @Cop17Mongolia
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Does the law understand edible insects?
Find out in a fascinating webinar hosted by the University of Venda's Institute for Rural Development, in partnership with the African Wildlife Economy Institute.
24 & 25 August from 10:30 to 12:00
wildlifeeconomy.info/events/…
#wildlifeeconomy
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What if people conserved wildlife in Africa because they held secure rights to it, not because a donor paid them to?
A new AWEI article on classical liberal conservation explores this question.
wildlifeeconomy.info/article…
#WildlifeEconomy #Conservation
There are currently some interesting and mutually supportive developments... but any rearticulation of sustainable use through a protection lens may dilute or confuse long-standing understandings... earthmind.org/current-multil…
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⏳ #SBI7 is getting underway today at 10:00am Nairobi time. Follow the agenda and get real-time updates from @IISD_ENB as Parties advance implementation of the #KMGBF. 🌿🌎
#UNBiodiversity #COP17Armenia #ForNature
Watch live on @UNWebTV:
🔗 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1…
