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Beyond Tourism in Africa

A much needed and incredibly valuable initiative (especially now) to support innovative financing of community-based conservation initiatives to move beyond tourism dependency in Africa.
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Nafeesa Esmail
Community Conservation Specialist, The Wilder Institute
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The Luc Hoffman Institute has just announced #BeyondTourismAfrica, an innovation challenge to find new, non-tourism sources of income for wildlife-adjacent communities in countries in Africa. In partnership with The African Leadership University’s School of Wildlife Conservation and WWF Regional Office for Africa (ROA), we’re seeking ideas from around the globe for new revenue streams from wildlife. Over the past 30 years, conservation in Africa has become heavily dependent on tourism for revenue, a vulnerable approach that has been highlighted by the global shutdown of travel caused by COVID-19.

Participants have the chance to win a place in the African Leadership University’s incubation programme and access to seed money for their ideas.

Applications will be accepted from 1 September; more information at: https://lnkd.in/dmGG-eq

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Go to the profile of Nafeesa Esmail
Nafeesa Esmail
Community Conservation Specialist, The Wilder Institute

I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist, passionate about pragmatic win-win solutions for both nature and people. I'm interested in affecting evidence-based, proactive policy- and decision-making (especially through horizon scanning), as well sustainable and effective conservation strategies, particularly by unlocking entrepreneurial opportunities. A few of my current and previous projects involve biodiversity-friendly agriculture in Uganda; locally co-managed marine areas in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique; global illegal wildlife trade; human-wildlife conflicts in Zambia. I am a 2022 Women for the Environment Africa fellow, Kenyan EAGL member, IUCN WCPA member and an Oxford Saïd Business School Ideas2Impact fellow.  

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