Sue Snyman
@SueSnyman
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Research Director School of Wildlife Conservation African Leadership University 🇷🇼🐘🌿 developing thriving diversified wildlife economies: views are my own
Joined September 2009
ALU School of Wildlife Conservation is looking for a Statistician/Data Modeller, based in Africa, to support the overall SOWC research team work, with a focus on the Wildlife Economy Investment Index (WEII). See here for more details and to apply: https://t.co/kYd9UyXv4K
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Government’s revised plans to monetize wildlife and plant life are ambitious. But is it putting profits before conservation? That's coming your way after the break on #CarteBlanche. @MasaKekana
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Tune into Carte Blanche tomorrow evening, where I’ll be weighing in on SAs revised biodiversity economy strategy @WildlifeEconomy @CST_SU @HELICS_Lab @OppGenRC
Government has a revised strategy to monetize South Africa's wildlife and plants. But not all conservation scientists agree with the proposed plan. That's #CarteBlanche this Sunday at 7pm on @MNet channel 101.
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#JustOut 📣📣📣 The Bureau of @UNBiodiversity accepts Colombia’s 🇨🇴 offer to host the next United Nations Biodiversity Conference to be held from 21 October to 1 November 2024 👏👏👏🌱 🔗 https://t.co/fHl8b24f3d
#AgreementToAction #COP16
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The Namibian State of Community Conservation Report for 2022 has just been published. One of our key priorities for next year is to help other Southern African countries produce similar reports. The data presented here are invaluable for M&E purposes! https://t.co/kr6EUAGiNW
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Thrilled to have had an inspiring session at the #BCC2023, hosted by the Sustainable Finance Coalition.The session, titled 'What is Sustainable Finance for Conservation and how do we harness it? From understanding the essence of sustainable finance to strategically harnessing it.
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Our MBA: Your gateway to success in African business! Connect with business titans across the continent and build ‘relationship capital’ for life. Affordable, flexible, and Africa-focused. Register your interest today for the next intake in May 2024. https://t.co/FoYzZMQd1v
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We continue to #disseminate our #findings with the communities work with in #EastAfrica: Tanzania 💪 @rono379
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Master doing business in Africa at ALUSB! Join our MBA program; gain practical skills to thrive in Africa's unique business environment. Connect with a network spanning the continent & beyond. Register your interest today for our next intake in May 2024: https://t.co/FoYzZMQd1v
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African countries need strategies to manage the economic potential of their wildlife resources rather than relying on foreign experts, CEO at The African Leadership University tells @TheAfricaReport. https://t.co/0GkWKtO91l
theafricareport.com
Colonial legacies are still evident in African biodiversity management.
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🗓️Save the date! The 2024 Regional Resource Hub data training and launch of the State of Protected and Conserved Areas (SOPACA) report will be happening on March 18th-22nd, 2024. Register today to join us.➡️ https://t.co/aEtMpmI8d5
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Banning hunting trophy imports is, at best, performative conservation. At worst it makes conservation less economically viable, making it easier to open up land for development. Wildlife is not the beneficiary of these misguided policies. So, who is?
ctvnews.ca
In a bid to help protect elephants and rhinos amid plummeting biodiversity worldwide, Canada has banned the import and export of hunting trophies containing elephant tusks or rhino horns.
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What If We Changed The Narrative About Conservation by Sue Snyman Dr. Snyman's talk challenges us to rethink conservation as a vital contributor to development rather than a barrier. Watch the full video at: https://t.co/ZyjWXg9ygx
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Agree 💯 with this article in https://t.co/mJlUzaBBYJ by Rachael Garrett, which fits our driving philosophy perfectly. Promoting community conservation, wildlife/biodiversity economies as viable solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises. https://t.co/q8NPFRUXBw
news.mongabay.com
As our global thermostat keeps ticking up, species continue to vanish from the face of the planet, and as more and more lives are ruined by natural disasters, it’s clear that we are failing horribly...
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Calling all future leaders! Check out this step-by-step video guide that will walk you through the ins and outs of the ALU application process, and what documentation you'll need along the way. Save this video to ensure a smooth sail when applying to ALU! #ThisisALU
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Questions about the KAZA TFCA Conservation Innovation Challenge! ✉️ sowcincubator@alueducation.com #ConservationChallenge #KAZATFCA #SustainableFuture
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Exciting News! In partnership with Oppenheimer Generations, #SOWC is launching the KAZA TFCA Conservation Innovation Challenge! Seeking non-tourism, for-profit conservation ventures in KAZA TFCA! For more info: https://t.co/w14u9b5xuG Deadline: 3rd December, 2023.
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Story on our new preprint looking at 50 years of wildlife-related patents, including for rhino, pangolin and sturgeon. We found increasing patent-filing (even for illegal products) and diversification of product types. Still in peer review but here:
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Unsustainable wildlife trade imperils thousands of species, but efforts to identify and reduce these threats are hampered by rapidly evolving commercial markets. Businesses trading wildlife-derived...
Between 1970 and 2020, thousands of patents were filed for products made from threatened wildlife such as rhinos, bears and pangolins.
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Information provided by the media has the power to shape – either negatively or positively – public perceptions of, and opinions about, wildlife and human-wildlife conflict. Chapter 18 of the Guidelines covers how to engage effectively with the media. https://t.co/sdduXEjrhk
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