Beneath the Baobab

Facing up to the threats of biodiversity loss and the climate crisis needs the participation of communities whose culture and livelihoods have been connected with wildlife for generations. 

Dr Moreangels Mbizah @MoreangelsM has dedicated her life to protecting the livelihoods of rural African communities in human-wildlife conflict and is world-renowned for her work with lions and large carnivores.

In this episode she talks with Gordon about her life’s work and current focus as Director of Wildlife Conservation Action @action4wildlife in Zimbabwe.

Moreangels explains how the recruitment of Community Guardians as well as the introduction of predator-proof bomas and livestock kraals has allowed communities to manage their livelihoods without conflict with lions, elephants and hyaenas in Nyaminyami, Zimbabwe.

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In this episode, Professor Amy Dickman @AmyDickman4 chats with Gordon Buchanan about the complexities of developing community-led conservation and some common misconceptions that can trip up wildlife-lovers around the world.

Amy’s the join CEO of Lion Landscapes and one of the co-founders of the Pride Lion Conservation Alliance. Her dedicated career and wealth of on the ground experience gives her a unique insight into developing biodiversity solutions where dangerous wildlife and people co-exist.

From her childhood dream studying lions in the Serengeti, to working within the Ruaha National Park in Tanzania, Amy shares insights and stories from her conservation journey. 

She tells of her journey to engage with the  elusive Barrabaig tribe in Ruaha to understand and work around lion-killings in this area, and of her joy at successful programmes to preserve and monitor wildlife whilst enriching the economic resources of villages.

Also chatting with Gordon is Darwin Kanai Gakenia, a Community Enterprise Officer at Lion Landscapes working in Kenya. He shares his own contrasting insights from community-led conservation work here.

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Meet Tanzania's Lion Defenders

Protecting the Planet's Big Cats

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How would you grow food with an elephant in your backyard? Would you send your kids to school with lions on the roam? These are the kinds of real decisions faced by families living with wildlife around the world.

Fortunately, innovative work is taking place in such communities to build safe and sustainable livelihoods and economies whilst cherishing and protecting local wildlife.

In the first episode of Beneath the Baobab, Gordon Buchanan chats with Maxi Pia Louis @maxipialouis1, Director of the Namibian Association of CBNRM Support Organisations (NACSO) to find out what Community Based Natural Resource Management is.

Namibian-born Maxi’s passion for people and wildlife has driven her to look for better conservation solutions in the face of climate change and increasing economic pressure.

She explains how studying abroad and being a student during the Apartheid years has inspired her work to create positive change for nature and to protect and champion human rights.

Maxi also tells how inspiring eco-tourism schemes and changes to governance have supported successful CBNRM movements across sub-Saharan Africa, and shares her hopes for a future beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lorna Dax, the former Manager of the Khaodi //Hoas Conservancy in Northwest Namibia is now working at the Save the Rhino Trust. She also joins the conversation to share a case study from the eco-tourism scheme.

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Right now, up to 1 eighth of the world’s species are at risk of extinction and its down to us to act now or lose them forever.

In Beneath the Baobab from Jamma International, wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan hosts cutting-edge conversations about conservation work led by communities around the world.

Gordon hears from people living and working alongside wildlife; from elephants to lions, rhinos, wild dogs and endangered plants. [KM1] In each  episode Gordon will hear from a unique project that’s seen marginalised community voices brought to the forefront of conservation, with inspiring and empowering stories to tell.

The global conservation movement has never been more urgent in the face of  the climate and biodiversity crises. But there is still much to be learned, and finally the voices, insights and experiences of indigenous peoples and local communities are being heard on the international stage.

The places where the natural and human worlds collide   are not idealistic, harmonious locations, but often have raw edges, blurred boundaries and are fraught with conflict and competition. Furthermore, the external pressures imposed to protect wildlife don’t always support the people whose shoulders this change rests upon.[KM2] 

That’s why we’re looking at examples and hearing from people working and living directly with and within those communities. 

In this series, learn about Community Based Natural Resource Management, hear from the unsung heroes of conservation - indigenous peoples and local communities who are exercising their rights  as landscape stewards and custodians of natural resources, protecting and increasing wildlife populations, as they have done for generations.   Find out how they’ve developed work schemes, built governance and management systems that allow them to place a high value on wildlife, and  created vibrant  wildlife economies that deliver good outcomes for both people and planet. [KM3] 

The future for wildlife and endangered species can be positive, if we are all prepared to listen. Join Gordon and his guests Beneath the Baobab for stories of hope as well as brilliant, radical and innovative ideas for solving the problems faced by humans and wildlife.

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