Rethinking narratives about pre-colonial Tanganyika: notes on Kjekshus' Ecology Control and Economic Development in East African History
“The basis for economic development is an ecological system controlled by man.” Kjekshus (1977)
A couple of years ago I
Paper summary: Fencing and subdivision across Kenya's southern rangelands jeopardizes biodiversity conservation and pastoral livelihoods
I'm only now catching up on writing up summaries for a number of recently published papers, and I&
Synopsis: our chapter on "Land Tenure, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Perspectives on Priorities in Tanzania’s Tarangire Ecosystem"
We highlight approaches being taken in Tarangire which combine access to secure land rights with landscape scale access to resources that livestock (and wildlife) need to be productive and resilient.
Compromise and collaboration - my experience writing our paper on "Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond"
My favourite part of this paper was highlighting some of the systemic flaws in contemporary conservation and identifying some opportunities to restructure for greater resilience.
Paper summary: Defining pathways towards African Ecological Futures
Back in 2021, a small team of us published a paper on the process of imagining and defining African Ecological Futures, here's a short summary.
Current Conservation Special Issue on African conservation today - our small contribution on livestock and wildlife
Healthy rangelands for people and their livestock can mean healthy rangelands for all.
Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity - a signatory's tale
A couple of years ago Amy Dickman and a few other colleagues circulated an idea they had to publish a
Bringing back complex socio-ecological realities to the study of CBNRM impacts: a response to Lee and Bond (2018)
This article was a response that Dr. Jevgeniy Bluwstein
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