Southern Africa: Hunting Trophy Ban Unjust to Local Communities in Southern Africa

Maun, Botswana — Europe’s plans to ban the importation of trophy hunting products are unjust and pose a huge threat to conservation that centres on the people in southern African rangeland countries, wildlife ecologists say.

Prof Richard Fynn, an ecologist at the Okavango Research Institute of the University of Botswana told journalists drawn from Sadc countries that banning trophy hunting can have detrimental effects on the livelihoods of local communities and perpetuate colonial injustices.