| Leading environmentalist recognised for
contribution to environmental conservation …
 August
26, 2005
In recognition for
his outstanding contribution to conservation
of nature and natural resources, Zimbabwe's
Centre for Applied Social Science
(CASS) Chairperson, Professor Marshal
Murphree is among the four global
recipients of the prestigious IUCN
- The World Conservation Union Honorary
Membership award.
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Moving on…
 August
23, 2005
Saliem Fakir, the IUCN Country
Program Coordinator for
South Africa, has announced
that after 8 years with
IUCN he will be moving on
to take up new challenges
elsewhere. After an exciting
and productive spell at
IUCN, Saliem feels it is
time to let someone else
push the envelope further.
Saliem joined IUCN South
Africa as the inaugural
Country Programme Coordinator
in January 1998 from the
South African 'think tank,'
the Land and Agriculture
Policy Centre (LAPC)
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Future
of African Lion under scrutiny…
 August
23, 2005
Africa is the primary range of the lion, Panthera leo, yet living with lions poses hardships for many African communities. The lion is a major predator on domestic livestock, leading to strong conflicts with local herders, and also takes human life, with chilling frequency in some areas such as southeastern Tanzania. Yet the lion is not only a source of personal and economic damage and danger, but also of economic and personal benefits, as a primary attraction for tourism and one of Africa's "Big Five" trophy animals
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Sustaining the jumbo: Southern
Africa is now rising to the challenge…
 August
23, 2005
A love / hate relationship with the jumbo hasn't
broken out for the world. Crops are being raided
in rural areas, spanning almost all range states.
Persistent droughts are closing chinks of light
or hope, for man and jumbo. While park management
budgets continue to sink low, illegal ivory trade
is on the increase.
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Mainstreaming Gender and HIV/AIDS
in environment: IUCN
strengthens capacity of members and
staff
 August
23, 2005
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is
undermining southern Africa's
capacity to manage biodiversity.
HIV/AIDS has not spared
anyone - from protected
areas managers, conservation
organizations' staff, communities
alike - and now, as is becoming
clear, the environment.
As AIDS-affected households
lose income earners and
capacity for agricultural
labour, they are increasingly
turning to natural resources
both for the market and
as a source of food
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Future
of African Lion under scrutiny: The
King in Danger
August 23, 2005
Africa is the primary range of the lion, Panthera leo, yet living with lions poses hardships for many African communities. The lion is a major predator on domestic livestock, leading to strong conflicts with local herders, and also takes human life, with chilling frequency in some areas such as southeastern Tanzania. Yet the lion is not only a source of personal and economic damage and danger, but also of economic and personal benefits, as a primary attraction for tourism and one of Africa's "Big Five" trophy animals.
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World Remembers CASS Director, Phanuel Mugabe
 August
23, 2005
Phanuel Mugabe (Ph.D.) Director for the Centre
for Applied Social Science has been laid to rest.
Dr Mugabe died on Sunday, July 10 in Harare. Dr
Mugabe scaled the conservation agenda for Zimbabwe,
Africa and beyond to greater heights in the nearly
20 years that he worked as both an academic and
committed conservationist.
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Environment and Sustainable Development in Zimbabwe
 August
23, 2005
In September 2000, the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ),
along with 188 other governments, adopted the Millennium
Declaration. The broad objectives of the Millennium
Declaration include the creation of an environment
- at the national and global levels - which is conducive
to development and the elimination of poverty, and
to protect the environment. In order to achieve
these objectives, the Millennium Declaration articulates
8 specific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with
respect to poverty, health, education, gender equality,
environment and international cooperation, to be
achieved by 2015.
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